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New procedures PM INAUGURATES AL WAAB HEALTH CENTER World needs to to renew vehicle rethink Syria registration for companies strategy: FM QNA from October 1 NEW YORK

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK QATAR has called on the in- DOHA ternational community to re- consider the strategy for deal- NEW procedures to renew registra- ing with the Syrian crisis to tion (Istimara) of vehicles for compa- find a peaceful solution that nies and institutions will be in place would end the suffering of the from next month, the General Direc- innocent Syrian people. torate of Traffic has announced. Speaking at the EU’s high- Starting from October 1, com- level meeting on Syria on the panies and institutions can renew sidelines of the 73rd session their vehicle registration only online of the United Nations Gen- through Metrash2 and MoIQatar E- eral Assembly, Deputy Prime Services Portal. Minister and Minister of For- Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign First Lieutenant Turki Shadid eign Affairs HE Sheikh Mo- Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin al Kaabi of the Licensing Affairs De- hammed bin Abdulrahman Abdulrahman al Thani. partment at the General Directorate al Thani said political efforts of Traffic said the measures include to resolve the crisis are fal- graphic change and the use stopping all forms of paper transac- tering due to the absence of of internationally prohibited tions when registering and renewing Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani and Minister of Public Health international consensus, nar- weapons. vehicle licences belonging to differ- HE Dr Hanan Mohammed al Kuwari during the inauguration of the Al Waab Health Center in Doha on Thursday. row political calculations and Sheikh Mohammed said ent companies and institutions. conflicting international and the international commu- “We are now in the process of regional interests. nity, especially the perma- ending all paper transactions and He said the Syrian crisis nent members of the Security start doing it electronically,” he said. “has become a source of dis- Council, must carry out their “If the company has applied for tress for us” and reveals the legal, political and moral re- a licence or a vehicle registration, it New health facility to imbalance of the international sponsibilities and reconsider meets all the conditions, it can com- order in the light of the con- the strategy for dealing with plete these procedures electronically tinuing practices and crimes the Syrian crisis so that “we without the need to go to any of the of the Syrian regime and the can find a peaceful solution traffic sections, where all the propro- grave violations commit- that meets the aspirations of cedurescedsdures can be bdthhMbe donedone throughthrough Met-Met- handle 35,000 patients ted daily against its citizens, the Syrian people”. rash2,”rash2rrashra hh22,he,”h”he hhe added.addeaadaddddddded dd. namely murder, destruction, More on page 2 Ô Qatar keen to provide best healthcare to people, says Kuwari forced displacement, demo- CATHERINE W GICHUKI nership with individuals, families DOHA HEALTHCARE and the community, have been taken into account to improve their health Qatar’s first expat visa PRIME Minister and Minister of In- O The new state-of-the-art and well-being in order to achieve terior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nass- facility will cater to patients the vision of the primary health care er bin Khalifa al Thani on Thursday from Al Waab, Azziziya, Mehairja strategy. service office to open officially inaugurated the Al Waab Fareej Al Soudan 54 and 55, PHCC Managing Director Dr Health Center. Maamoura 43 and Fareej Al Mariam Alabdulmalik said Qatar is in Sri Lanka on Oct 12 The new state-of-the-art 7,903- keen to work in accordance with the sqm facility is the 26th in the country Nasser areas directives of the World Health Or- The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said the first Qatar Visa Scattered rain and will serve residents of Al Waab, O The health centre has a ganization, which stressed the im- Service Centre will open in Sri Lanka on October 12 as part of Azziziya, Mehairja Fareej Al Soudan team of 20 doctors, 40 nurses, portance of primary care as a basis an initiative to enable expatriate workers to complete work visa- likely over the 54 and 55, Maamoura 43 and Fareej for the modern health system and a related procedures in their home countries. This was revealed Al Nasser areas. 18 administrative staff among basis for achieving sustainable devel- by Major Abdullah Khalifa al Mohannadi, director of the Visa So far, a total of 6, 620 patients others. The health centre opment goals, which focuses on pro- Support Services Department, during weekend: QMD have registered with the new health will operate between 7am moting a culture of prevention rather a seminar for members of the Sri centre. The health facility is targeting and 11pm than treatment. Lankan community to provide details TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK to handle 35,000 patients and hopes “At PHCC, we aim to bring the of the initiative. DOHA to reach this capacity by 2019. best health services to all our pa- Procedures such as fingerprint- In a statement, Minister of Public ing that all residents receive high- tients. Today’s opening of the Al ing and biometric data process- THE Qatar Meteorology Department Health HE Dr Hanan Mohammed al quality care in health facilities close Waab Health Center is an impor- ing, medical examination and the (QMD) has forecast scattered rain in the Kuwari affirmed Qatar’s keenness to to their homes, in order to achieve tant step for us to be able to offer signing of work contracts will be country over the weekend. “There is a provide the best healthcare services our health strategies that empha- world-class primary health services done in the home countries of chance of scattered rain from Friday noon to people. sise primary care as a key focus of to families, closer to their homes, in- the expatriate workers before until Sunday,” the QMD said on its Twit- “The opening of the Al Waab the health-care model,” Kuwari cluding a spectrum of services from they arrive in Qatar. ter account. Health Center is part of the large said. prevention to management of chron- Beginning with Sri “It will be misty at places by early expansion plans in the health facili- The minister pointed out that the ic health conditions and palliative Lanka, the initiative is morning on both Friday and Saturday ties, which include the opening of comprehensive and integrated serv- care,” she said. being launched in eight and will become hot and relatively humid primary healthcare centres in dif- ices in new health centres, which are countries. (TNN) daytime with a chance of thundery rain at ferent parts of the country, ensur- person-centered and work in part- Continued on page 2 Ô places by afternoon and humid by night,” the report said. The temperature is expected to fluctu- ate in between 31 and 38 degree Celsius. “Local convective clouds form dur- Qatar welcomes Tripoli ceasefire Over 5,000 Hawksbill sea ing noon especially in central areas due DOHA Qatar on Thursday after bloody conflicts that killed to wind convergence between easterly welcomed the ceasefire and injured dozens, in addi- turtles released into sea and westerly sea breezes in addition to agreement reached in tion to displacing thousands the factor of surface heating. As a result, Libyan capital Tripoli, an- of innocent civilians over the As many as 5,010 Hawksbill sea turtles were released air rises and thunderstorms form when nounced by the govern- past few weeks. The state- into the sea after the end of the 2018 season. A there's enough moisture in the upper ment of national accord. ment expressed Qatar's total of 81 nesting events were held at the end of the atmospheric levels. It’s usually accom- In a statement, the hope that the agreement will season. The Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s panied with strong downdraft wind caus- Ministry of Foreign Af- play a part in bolstering na- Department of Protection and Wildlife on Thursday said ing blowing dust and poor visibility for a fairs expressed relief tional reconciliation efforts in that its strategy is laser-focused on protecting endan- short period of time,” the weather report that Tripoli returns to calm Libya. (QNA) gered species. PAGE 3 added.

1,516 Jordanians selected for jobs in Qatar TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK The procedures for which is the end of September. DOHA 816 Jordanians have He said the visas were for jobs been completed and in the sectors of health and edu- JORDAN has received the reg- cation, financial sector and insur- istration of 1,516 Jordanians to they have already arrived in ance, the service sector, construc- work in Qatar as a result of con- Qatar, while 700 are in the tion, hotel, tourism, agriculture, tinuous coordination with Qa- process of preparing for travel livestock, and others. ‘Ready for 2019 IAAF tar’s Minister of Administrative after the completion of some At a joint press conference in Development, Labour and Social of the requirements.” Qatar in July, Nuaimi announced Affairs HE Dr Issa Saad al Jafali the provision of 10,000 job oppor- World Championships’ al Nuaimi, Jordan’s Minister of Sameer Saeed Murad, Jordan’s tunities for Jordanians through Labour Sameer Saeed Murad said Minister of Labour two phases — the first is provid- The organisers of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 celebrat- on Thursday. ing at least 1,000 jobs within two ed one-year countdown with the launch of the event’s vibrant logo and ticketing “The ministry has so far re- Qatar, while 700 are in the proc- the agreed figure, he noted. months, while the second will be plan at the iconic Khalifa International Stadium here on Thursday. The cham- ceived a list of 1,516 Jordanians ess of preparing for travel after the Murad lauded the efforts of Qa- through the provision of the re- pionships are scheduled here from September 27 to October 6, 2019. “We’re who have been approved to work completion of some of the require- tar, which contributed to the issu- maining employment opportuni- ready,” Vice-President and Director General of the IAAF World Athletics Champi- in Qatar. Of these, the procedures ments,” Murad said. ance of visas and approvals to those ties within the needs of employers onships Local Organising Committee and Vice President of the IAAF Dahlan al for 816 Jordanians have been com- The number of selected candi- who were selected to work in Qa- in different professions and sec- Hamad announced. PAGE 13 (PHOTO: HANSON K JOSEPH) pleted and they have arrived in dates were 50 percent more than tar, and within the set time frame, tors in Qatar. 02 Friday, September 28, 2018

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Amir congratulates Jassim Charitable Turkmenistan president Foundation ‘Al Waab Health Center to ease to dig 321 wells THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani sent on Thurs- in Sri Lanka day a cable of congratulations burden on neighbouring clinics’ QNA to the President of the Republic of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly COLOMBO Berdimuhamedow on the anni- versary of his country’s Inde- JASSIM and Hamad bin Jas- pendence Day. (QNA) sim Charitable Foundation began a project to dig 321 ar- Deputy Amir greets tesian wells and water tanks Turkmenistan in the Sheikh Jassim city in Mannar town in Sri Lanka. president The project is being im- THE Deputy Amir HH Sheikh plemented in cooperation Abdullah bin Hamad al Thani with the Qatar Red Cres- sent on Thursday a cable of cent Society (QRCS) and will congratulations to the Presi- cost QR1.5 million. It aims dent of Turkmenistan Gurban- to provide drinking water guly Berdimuhamedow on the as well irrigation water that anniversary of his country’s will help improve the living Independence Day. (QNA) standards of the town’s peo- ple. PM congratulates The wells will be in sev- Turkmenistan Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani with Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohammed al Kuwari and other dignitaries at the en different locations in the inauguration of Al Waab Health Center in Doha on Thursday. town and benefit 1900 peo- president ple. PRIME Minister and Minister Continued from page 1 Ô These areas have gener- of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah ally suffered from a lack of bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani PRIMARY healthcare is about access to drinking water and sent on Thursday a cable of caring for people, rather than food supply. The Sheikh Jas- congratulations to the President simply treating specific ill- sim city was established in of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Ber- nesses. “PHCC as the first point 2014. It includes a total of dimuhamedow on his country’s of contact in Qatar healthcare 2000 housing units built at Independence Day. (QNA) system aims to provide com- the cost of QR40 million. prehensive, accessible, com- The foundation’s board Emperor of Japan munity-based care that meets member Muthkar al Hajri meets Qatari envoy the health needs of individuals said that the project was part throughout their life,” she said. of a strategic plan the foun- HM Emperor Akihito of Japan Director of Al Waab Health PHOTOS BY HANSON K JOSEPH dation laid, adding that it met with Qatar’s Ambassador Center Dr Mariam Saif al Mus- was an important milestone to Japan HE Hassan bin Mo- allam said the new health centre ceed this capacity.” cluding women’s wellness and otherapy, optometry and audi- centre will operate between in the efforts to help anyone hammad Rafi al Emadi during a will reduce strain on the neigh- The new health centre will maternity clinics, well baby and ology, among other services. 7am to 11pm. in need whether inside or reception for the new ambassa- bouring facilities. The health dedicate a significant area of vaccination clinic, non-commu- The new health centre has The new health centre is outside the country. dors to Japan on Thursday. Dur- centre is targeting to reach its expertise towards a family nicable disease clinic, smoking a team of 20 doctors, 40 nurs- part of the country’s biggest He stressed that prob- ing the meeting, they reviewed 35,000 patients registered with medicine model that will reflect cessation clinics, and a travel es, 18 administrative staff, healthcare facility expansion lems related to water access bilateral relations and ways of the health centre by 2019. “We PHCC’s patient-centred ap- clinic for health advice and pharmacy (8), laboratory (10), projects. Next in line to open require a sustainable solu- supporting and developing them want to give the best quality proach to care. travel vaccinations. It will also physiotherapy (4), optometry this year is a health centre tion, which was what in- in addition to matters of com- of service to our patients and The new health centre of- offer ‘smart-health’ check-ups, (1), dental (7), and dietitian that will be located at Qatar spired the foundation to un- mon concern. (QNA) that’s why we don’t want to ex- fers an array of services, in- dietitians, a dental clinic, physi- (1), among others. The health University. dertake the current project. QGOSM to QFFD, WSSCC ink pact to improve FM for new strategy attend ISO to tackle Syrian crisis meet in Geneva sanitation for 8 mn people globally QNA while appreciating all inter- QNA NEW YORK national and regional efforts GENEVA TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK improved sanitation, stress- that promote and comply with DOHA ing that innovative partner- DEPUTY Prime Minister and the resolutions of interna- QATAR General Organiza- ships like this signal a new Minister of Foreign Affairs tional legitimacy, in particu- tion for Standardization and QATAR Fund for Development spirit of cooperation neces- HE Sheikh Mohammed bin lar the Geneva Communique Metrology (QGOSM) will par- (QFFD) has signed a memoran- sary if the world truly aims to Abdulrahman al Thani called 1 of 2012 and the Security ticipate in the 41st meeting of dum of understanding (MoU) leave no one behind. on the international commu- Council resolution No 2254, International Organization for with the Water Supply and The partnership focuses nity to reconsider the strategy the cornerstone for resolving Standardization (ISO) Gener- Sanitation Collaborative Coun- on an integrated approach to for dealing with the Syrian this crisis radically and give al Assembly and the meeting cil (WSSCC) to cover the initial achieving the Sustainable De- crisis in order to find a peace- the Syrian people the right to of the Committee of Develop- partnership framework for a velopment Goals by 2030, es- ful solution that would end self-determination, while pre- ing Countries (DEVCO) to be period of four years on the side- pecially Goal 6 on clean water the human suffering of the serving the unity of the Syrian held in Geneva. lines of the UN General Assem- and sanitation and partnerships Syrian people away from any territory and its political inde- The organisation will be bly in New York. that achieve the desired goals. point-scoring. pendence and sovereignty. represented by its chairman The agreement aims to pro- QFFD Director-General Khalifa bin Jassim al Kuwari and WSSCC The deal is expected to im- In a speech at the EU’s Sheikh Mohammed wel- Eng Mohammed bin Saud al vide a framework and facilitate Executive Director Rolf Luyendijk at an agreement signing event. prove the lives of more than high-level meeting on Syria comed again the recent Sochi Musallam, and the meeting cooperation between the two 8 million people through ap- on the sidelines of the 73rd agreement, sponsored by the will review the organisation’s parties, on a non-exclusive ba- to sanitation and hygiene. sation, aims to empower all, propriate policies, launching session of the United Nations guarantor states, to stop the strategy and policies, including sis, in areas of common interest The agreement will improve especially women and girls, renewed capacity initiatives General Assembly, His Excel- bloodshed of hundreds of its new policies on distribution, and establish strategic coopera- the lives of more than eight mil- who live in difficult circum- and supporting national sani- lency said that political efforts thousands of unarmed civil- sale and reproduction of pub- tion between both parties. lion people. stances and suffer from the tation and hygiene improve- to resolve this crisis are fal- ians in the Syrian province lications, copyright protection The pact was signed by Kuwari also pointed out exercise of their human right to ment programmes. tering due to the absence of of Idlib, who are trapped be- and other related topics. QFFD Director-General Kha- that such agreements support sanitation and hygiene. It is worth noting that the international consensus, nar- tween the Scylla of the military The International Organiza- lifa bin Jassim al Kuwari and Qatar’s efforts to achieve tangi- Luyendijk said WSSCC is Qatar Fund for Development row political calculations and conflict and the Charybdis tion for Standardization is one WSSCC Executive Director ble results in improving sanita- honoured to partner with Qatar earlier co-organised an event conflicting international and of terrorist groups, stressing of the most important bodies Rolf Luyendijk. tion, education and health. Fund for Development on im- with the Water Supply and San- regional interests. that the effectiveness of any working in the field of issuing Kuwari said the partnership The Water Supply and portant sanitation, hygiene and itation Collaborative Council on The minister of foreign af- agreement is subject to hon- international standards, in ad- aims to support people living in Sanitation Collaborative Coun- related issues. the sidelines of the High Level fairs said that the Syrian crisis, ouring it and to ensuring its dition to other activities related difficult circumstances and who cil, a multilateral, partnership- He noted that there are Political Forum on Sustainable with its current and future di- actual implementation. to standardisation processes’. do not enjoy their human rights based international organi- still 2.3 billion people without Development in New York. mensions and grave repercus- He also expressed his re- sions on international peace gret over the continued suf- and security in the Middle fering of the Syrian people, East and the world, has be- pointing out that the allevia- come “a source of distress for tion of this suffering requires 16 officers attend MoI’s Katara, Turkish institute join hands us and reveals the imbalance the international community of the international order in to fulfill its humanitarian ob- the light of the continuing ligations and provide the nec- leadership course to promote cultural diplomacy practices and crimes of the essary measures to ensure the Syrian regime and the grave implementation of the Secu- QNA causes, stages, types, dimen- QNA violations committed daily rity Council resolution 2165 DOHA sions, coping strategies, pre- ANKARA against its citizens, namely on facilitating the provision paredness and prevention. It murder, destruction, forced and delivery of humanitarian THE leadership course organ- also included the concept and TURKISH Deputy Foreign displacement, demographic assistance by any party to all ised by the Ministry of Interior significance of negotiation Minister Yavuz Selim and Dr change and the use of interna- affected areas in Syria as well (MoI) at the Police Training In- and its characteristics and the Seref Ates, chairman of Yunus tionally prohibited weapons.” as to Syrian refugees in neigh- stitute concluded on Thursday. stages and strategies of the Emre Institution and chairman He added that the inter- boring and host countries as Sixteen officers with the negotiation process, in addi- of Global Public Diplomacy national community, espe- well as to provide needed aid ranks of colonel and lieuten- tion to the role of regional and Network (GPDNet) under the cially the permanent mem- and financial support. ant-colonel participated in sub-regional international in- Turkish presidency, on Thurs- bers of the Security Council, In this context, he pointed the course, which is part of stitutions and civil society in day met with General Manager must carry out their legal, to Qatar’s fulfilment of all the ministry’s training plan the protection of human rights, of the Cultural Village Founda- political and moral respon- previous commitments dur- for the current year. and the national institutional tion (Katara) Dr Khalid bin Ib- sibilities and reconsider the ing the political consultations The two-week course aimed framework for the protection rahim al Sulaiti. The cooperation is part of the memorandum of cooperation signed by strategy for dealing with the and donor conferences, the at preparing distinguished sen- of those rights. The meeting discussed sev- Katara and Yunus Emre Institution earlier. Syrian crisis so that we can latest of which was the sec- ior leaderships of the ministry The officers also received eral projects related to the field find a peaceful solution that ond Brussels Conference this and impart them with knowl- lectures on planning and vision of diplomatic culture, including signed by Katara and Yunus joint programmes. meets the aspirations of the year, stressing that the Qatar edge, administrative, legal and building, forward-looking plans, a preliminary plan for a coop- Emre Institution earlier, with This joint cooperation Syrian people. will spare no effort in con- technical skills related to police strategic leadership and its de- erative programme in the field the aim of enhancing commu- opens up broad prospects for He reiterated Qatar’s sup- tinuing to provide all aspects leadership to enable them to scriptions, skills, milestones and of public diplomacy between nication and exchanging exper- strengthening relations be- port for the political process of support and assistance to perform their duties efficiently. laws, quality and excellence sys- Katara and GPDNet. tise and knowledge in the field tween countries and peoples in sponsored by the United Na- the Syrian brothers in coordi- The course included lec- tems and principles, European The cooperation comes of global cultural diplomacy order to deepen understanding tions in order to reach a set- nation with its international tures on security crises and excellence system and quality within the framework of the through the implementation of and promote peace throughout tlement to the Syrian crisis, partners. its concepts, characteristics, management system (ISO). memorandum of cooperation bilateral projects and support of the world. Nation Friday, September 28, 2018 03 FM meets Kosovo president, officials in NY

QNA fairs of Cyprus Nikos hristo- NEW YORK doulides. He also met with Under- DEPUTY Prime Minister secretary of the US Depart- and Minister of Foreign Af- ment of State John Sullivan, fairs HE Sheikh Moham- EU High Representative for med bin Abdulrahman al Foreign Affairs and Security Thani met with President Policy Federica Mogherini of Kosovo Hashim Thaci on and UN Special Coordina- the sidelines of the UN Gen- tor for the Middle East Peace eral Assembly in New York Process Nikolay Mladenov. on Wednesday. During the meetings, The Deputy Prime Min- they discussed bilateral rela- ister and Minister of Foreign tions between Qatar and each Affairs also met separately of the countries along with with First Vice-President ways of developing them, in and Minister of Foreign Af- addition to a number of re- fairs of Costa Rica Epsy Foreign Affairs of Italy Enzo Minister of Norway Ine Prime Minister and Min- Serbia Ivica Dacic, Minister guay Luis Alberto Castiglioni gional and international is- Campbell Barr, Minister of Moavero Milanesi, Foreign Marie Eriksen, First Deputy ister for Foreign Affairs of for Foreign Affairs of Para- and Minister for Foreign Af- sues of mutual concern.

Qatar takes part Qatar calls for continued in first regional Kyrgyz-Qatar relations based smart agriculture efforts to alleviate forum in Sudan on mutual respect: Official suffering of Yemenis QATAR, represented by the Ministry of Municipality and QNA Qatar renews the call to all Environment, on Thursday DOHA Yemeni parties to give prior- participated in the first Inter- Regional Smart Agriculture THE State of Qatar has called ity to the political solution in Forum, which was held by for continuing efforts to allevi- accordance with the adopt- the Arab Organization for ate the humanitarian suffering ed directives, and to acti- Agricultural Development in of the Yemeni people and ac- vate the national dialogue cooperation with Arab ICT cess of humanitarian assist- Organization. ance to the Yemenis. Qatar The three-day event took also stressed the importance of ances, torture and degrading place in Sudanese capital ensuring the protection of civil- treatment, rape and abuse of Khartoum and focused on sus- ians, justice and accountability human dignity as well as viola- tainable agricultural develop- for all human rights violations tions of freedom of expression ment by using the internet of in the country. and recruitment of children, things and the latest techno- This came in the speech of pointing out that all this was logical innovations. Qatar during the interactive happening in the absence of The Ministry of Municipal- dialogue on the report of the accountability and widespread ity and Environment was rep- High Commissioner for Human impunity for those responsible resented by Assistant Under- Kyrgyz Republic and Qatari officials at an event in Doha on Wednesday. Rights on the conclusions and and at all levels. secretary in the environment recommendations of the panel Naama pointed out that affairs Ahmed Mohammed al QNA comed Qatari students who of independent senior experts Yemen is now facing a cross- Sada. Arab ministers and ag- DOHA wish to pursue diplomatic on Yemen as part of the work of roads, with further instability ricultural officials in the Arab studies in her country in in- the 39th session of the Human and deterioration of humanitar- world also attended the event. DEAN of Diplomatic Acad- ternational relations, busi- Rights Council, ‘Item 10’, de- ian, economic and living condi- The forum discussed the emy of the Ministry of For- ness, project management, livered by third secretary to the tions on the one side and the role smart agriculture can play eign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Re- economics and political sci- Permanent Delegation of the way of salvation on the other. in meeting the food gap and public Ginara Adam Iskalova ence. State of Qatar in Geneva Talal Naama stressed that in this how the use of the Internet of on Wednesday stressed the She noted that the Dip- al Naama. regard, Qatar renews the call to Things can help overcome chal- strength of ties between the lomatic Academy trains the In his speech, Naama ex- all Yemeni parties to give prior- lenges in that regard. They also Kyrgyz Republic and the State Kyrgyz Republic’s diplomat pressed deep concern over the ity to the political solution in stressed on the importance of of Qatar in all fields. and has an exchange pro- information presented in the accordance with the adopted di- enhancing regional and inter- The dean said that the ties gramme for master’s degree report concerning violations rectives and to activate the na- national cooperation in the ag- between the two sides were al- She was speaking at an years of bilateral ties between and PhD holders to focus on and crimes against the Yemeni tional dialogue with the partici- ricultural field to support food ways open and based on mutu- event organised by the Diplo- the two countries. holding joint research in dif- people, such as arbitrary deten- pation of all the Yemeni people security goals. (QNA) al respect and understanding. matic Institute to celebrate 20 The Kyrgyz official wel- ferent fields. tion and enforced disappear- without any exception. Katara hosts photo gallery MME highlights efforts to on Qatar’s ‘Sports Moments’ TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK protect Hawksbill sea turtle DOHA QNA THE Cultural Village Founda- DOHA tion (Katara) hosted a photo gallery on ‘Sports Moments’ THE Ministry of Munici- at the Youth Hobbies Centre pality and Environment’s in Building 18 recently, featur- Department of Protection ing photographs by Yousef al and Wildlife on Thursday Walidi and Mohammed Ali. said that its strategy is la- The gallery was opened by ser-focused on protecting Ahmed al Sayyed, deputy gen- endangered species. eral manager of Katara and This came during a press Abdulaziz al Kubaisi, Photog- conference where the depart- raphy Department manager at ment’s officials discussed a the Youth Hobbies Centre in hawksbill sea turtle project, the presence of a large number one of the endangered spe- of amateur photographers and cies in the state. The officials enthusiasts. The photo gallery Katara hosted a photo gallery on ‘Sports Moments’ featuring stressed that their efforts will displays more than 40 pho- photographs by Yousef al Walidi and Mohammed Ali. focus on monitoring rare and tographs of different sports endangered species in order events in Qatar. photographers, which bears “The fabulous sport events that to protect them. Speaking at the opening testimony to the Youth Hob- were held in Qatar provided a They noted that the In- Ministry of Municipality and Environment officials at a press conference in Doha recently. ceremony, Sayyed said that bies Centre’s efforts to support precious material for me as a ternational Union for Con- Katara’s goal is to provide an the youth in Qatar no matter photographer. It will have a servation of Nature enlisted appropriate environment for where they come from. Ac- positive impact on my career”, these species as endangered young creative people to pro- cording to him, the centre has he added. in 1982. Director of the de- mote their art and this photo more than 2,000 registered Yousef al Walidi said that partment Omar Salem al gallery is one of Katara’s member photographers. the pictures displayed in the Nuaimi said that the minis- many opportunities founded Mohammed Ali described gallery depict Qatar’s rich ex- try is committed to protect- for that cause. his participation in the photo perience in holding tourna- ing the hawksbill sea turtle as Abdulaziz al Kubaisi said gallery as a great start for him ments successfully and prove reflected by the project done that the gallery features pho- as it is the first time for him to that Qatar has the capacity to in cooperation with Qatar tographs of two expatriate take part in a photo gallery. host international sport events. Petroleum and Qatar Univer- sity. The project, which was started in 2003, aims to pro- tect the species found on the countries Northern shores (Ras Laffan, Al Morouna, Fu- wayrit, Al Ghayriya) as well as islands such as Umm Al Tais and Haloul. The goal of the Nuaimi discussed the shops for the team by special- and birds from extinction. It project is to determine the progress of this year’s work, ists from the department. is based on this law that the location of the animals and to which involved choosing He noted that those in Fuwayrit beach was closed transport their eggs to safe lo- highly-skilled Qatari envi- charge recommended some from April till the end of July. cations. This will help moni- ronmental observers to carry sort of protection during the There are also patrols that toring the hatching process out the fieldwork. Work this nesting season, and high- monitor the other beaches in before returning the newly- year also involved holding lighted the ministerial deci- case they also become a home born turtles to the sea. a number of training work- sion on preserving sea turtles for turtles’ nesting. 04 Friday, September 28, 2018 (http://www.islamweb.net) Under the guidance and supervision of Islam Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) and Islamic Affairs

THE ONENESS Best Ways for Glorifying Allah (Tasbeeh) QUESTION: What is a good ritual to glorify The Almighty Allah (Tasbeeh) during the day? I like to keep on mentioning Allah The Almighty all through the day, even while cooking, work- ing in the house, driving and so on.

ANSWER: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none wor- thy of worship except The Almighty Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is OF DIVINITY His Messenger. The best Dhikr (mention of Allah) of all and the best Tasbeeh is the Holy Quran. No doubt about that. There are other forms of Dhikr that have great merit such as saying: ‘Laa Ilaaha Illa Allaah Wahdahu Laa Shareeka Lahu Lahul Mulku Wa Lahul Hamdu Wa Huwa ‘Ala Kulli Shayeen Qa- deer’ (100 times). It was reported that “Whoever says it (the above Dhikr) 100 times in a day, it is as if he had freed ten slaves, he gets 100 rewards and one hundred of his sins are erased, and it (this Dhikr) becomes a protection for him from satan all that day until the evening and nobody will do anything better than what he did except someone who did more than him.” [Re- ported by Al-Bukhaari and Muslim] Muslim also reported from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah The Almighty be pleased with him, that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Whoever says, when he gets up in the morning and after sunset: ‘Subhana Allaah Wabi Hamdihi’ one hundred times, nobody will do anything better than him except the one who did the same (number) or more.” Finally, we advise you to get a small book entitled: Hisn Al-Muslim (The Fortification of the Muslim). There is an English version available in Islamic centres and libraries. Allah Knows best.

Abandoning Friday prayer without any sound reason

QUESTION: What is the ruling on someone who deliberately abandons Friday prayer with- out any valid reason, and then prays Thuhr, is his prayer valid or not?

ANSWER: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except The Almighty Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Messenger. It is not permissible to abandon the Friday prayer without any sound religious reason and whoever does so, has disobeyed Allah The Almighty and subjects himself to the severe threat mentioned in the Prophetic Hadeeth. S there any convinc- the Cosmos serves to confirm equal to those who see?’ Or do has begotten no son and has The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “People should stop abandoning the Friday ing explanation for my belief in the certainty of the they assign to Allah partners no partner in his kingdom, for prayers otherwise Allah will put a seal on their hearts and thus they will be among the heed- the secret of exist- Creator.” who have created anything as it is He who creates everything less.” [Muslim] ence? The theory In the most quotable quote, He has created, so that the cre- and determines its nature in The threat is multiplied and increased if a person misses three or more consecutive Friday currently in vogue he said about the emergence of ation seemed to them similar? accordance with His own de- prayers. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Whoever misses three Friday prayers says that all existence is acci- the universe by chance: “God Say: ‘Allah is the Creator of all sign. And yet some choose to out of negligence, Allah will seal his heart.” [Ahmad] dental and haphazard. In my does not play dice.” things. He is the One, the Al- worship, instead of Him, im- Furthermore, the scholars, may Allah The Almighty have mercy upon him, considered missing opinion, only two ideologies re- In fact, throughout history, mighty’.” [Quran 13: 16] aginary deities that cannot the Friday prayer without any valid reason as one of the great major sins. Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah main in the realm of the prob- humankind as a whole has What is the true nature of create anything but are them- The Almighty have mercy upon him, said: ‘Among the great major sins is missing the Friday prayer, able. We can attribute life and never denied the existence of the Creator? He certainly can- selves created, which can nei- as the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “People should stop abandoning the Friday universe to chance, and there- a Creator. However, cultures not be like the created things, ther avert harm nor help even prayers otherwise Allah will put a seal on their hearts and thus they will be among the heedless.” fore, existence is meaningless. have misunderstood His Na- for then He would be limited themselves, and which have [Muslim]’ So, this is the ruling on abandoning the Friday prayer without any valid reason. Alternatively, there is mean- ture and associated a mass of and corruptible like them. Only no power over life or death nor As regard to what one should do when he misses the Friday prayer, then he has to pray ing of such magnitude to life, mythology with Him. a Being possessing Absolute power to resurrect.” [Quran 25: Thuhr prayer with the intention of Thuhr whether he missed it with a sound reason or without a which largely escapes us. There is a Force in action Knowledge, Power and Au- 2-3] valid reason; however, he is sinful in missing it without a sound reason. When we observe the or- to keep everything in order. In thority and the ability to keep The Oneness of Allah The Nonetheless, his Thuhr prayer is valid if he prays Thuhr after the Imaam has prayed the derly movements of the stars nature, there is a Creator who Himself eternally alive, can Almighty is the foundation Friday prayer. If he prays Thuhr before the Imaam prays the Friday prayer then his prayer is not and planets, the regularity of has created the most charming give life and sustain life, and be of belief. Islam rests upon accepted and he has to pray Thuhr again as Ibn Qudaamah, may Allah The Almighty have mercy the seasons, the uniformity scenery. Believers recognise the Creator of the Universe and Tawheed: “Laa ilaaha illal- upon him, said. and control of the law of nature this Creator and call Him Al- its creatures. laah” – there is None worthy of However, he has to repent to The Almighty Allah for this disobedience and he should not be over matter, energy and life, we lah or God. He is not a man, The question that now worship except The Almighty neglectful about The Almighty Allah’s obligations on him, and he should remember the bounties realise that everything in the because no man can create an- arises is: “Could there be more Allah, None worthy of praise, of Allah The Almighty which He bestowed on him. He created him as a Muslim and gave him universe is knit into a single other man. He is not an animal, than one Absolute Creator?” there is no god except Him, the ability to attend the Friday prayers and endeavour in his general benefits and affairs, so he harmonious system. or a plant. He is not an idol or If, for instance, there were two no one. Throughout the Holy should not be deficient in fulfilling The Almighty Allah’s obligations on him. Any one who looks at this a statue because these things creators and they disagreed Quran, the refrain runs on and Allah Knows best. great phenomenon and comes cannot create themselves or over the creation of something, on: laa ilaaha illaa Allah, laa il- to the conclusion that it evolved anything else. Neither is He then, either one would have to aaha illaa huwa, Allaahu laa il- on its own or by accident, must the Sun or the Moon or a ma- overcome the other, in which aaha illa huwa, Allaahu ahad… question his reasoning. Even chine or a star, but the Maker case the defeated one would which means that Allah is One, an old watch, which has a and Keeper of all. The Maker not have been absolutely pow- the only One. simple mechanism of pulleys, of anything is greater than the erful. Or they would neutralise Associating partners to The ‘The first thing a person will be questioned ‘I do not permit myself implies that there must be a thing He has created. The more each other, in which case, both Almighty Allah is a major sin about on the Day of Judgment is his prayers, to waste an hour of time. watchmaker. complex a thing is the more would have been limited in which Allah The Almighty does Albert Einstein, the most complex its Creator is. power. Even if we assume they not forgive, but He can forgive if his prayers are accepted, then he will be When my tongue gets tired famous scientist of modern The Holy Quran says (what both agreed on everything, still all other sins. The Holy Quran successful, and if his prayers are rejected, of talking to students and times, tells us: “Everyone who means): “Ask of them: ‘Who is they could not both be abso- reiterates, not once but twice in is seriously involved in the the Sustainer of the heavens lutely powerful, because the ac- the same chapter (what means): he will be among the losers.’ my eyes get tired of reading pursuit of Science becomes and the earth?’ If they hesitate, tion of one would then depend “Allah forgives not that partners [Ahmad and An-Nasaa’i] books, I lie down to rest yet convinced that a Spirit is mani- say: ‘Allah’. Then ask: ‘Then on the condition that the other should be set up with Him; but my mind is busy contem- fest in the Law of the Universe, why do you take for protectors, does not interfere. He forgives anything else to without concluding that there instead of Him, other deities Once again, the Holy Quran whom he pleases; to set up part- plating and thinking.’ must be Divine intent behind who have no power to ben- tells us (what means): “He to ners with Allah is to devise a sin it all. Speaking for myself, I can efit or avert harm from them- Whom the Dominion over the most heinous indeed.” [Quran – [Ibn Aqeel al-Hanbali] only say that the grandeur of selves?’ Say: ‘Are the blind heavens and the earth belongs, 4: 48, 116] Women and their Economic Status in Islam

NDER Islam, the wom- {For men is a share of what they acceptable. Then when you re- everything with the exception of for her rights by entitling her to her the dowry willingly. [i.e. the clothing, according to what is an is given the same have earned, and for women lease their property to them, one degree, which is Qawaamah a share in inheritance contrary dowry is a right of the wife upon acceptable.} [Quran 2:233] economic freedom as is a share of what they have bring witnesses upon them. (Guardianship): {Men are in to the Arabs before Islam and her husband] • {Let a man of wealth spend the man. This freedom earned.} [Quran 4:32] And Sufficient is Allah as Ac- charge of women by [right of] many other ancient peoples. Al- **She is entitled to give the from his wealth, and he whose Uis legally defined as the Earning leads to ownership, countant.} [Quran 4:6] what Allah has given one over lah, The Almighty, Says (what dowry to her husband as a gift provision is restricted – let him person’s ability to be an owner hence, Allah, The Almighty, ad- • {And for you is half of what the other and what they spend means): {For men is a share of and the husband is allowed to spend from what Allah has giv- and to have legal protection dresses man and woman Saying your wives leave if they have no [for maintenance] from their what the parents and close rela- accept it en him. Allah does not charge a for his/her ownership. This is (what means): child. But if they have a child, wealth.} [Quran 4:34] tives leave, and for women is a This verse applies to virgins soul except [according to] what a human right that has been • {O you who have believed, for you is one fourth of what Within the context of speak- share of what the parents and and previously-married women He has given it. Allah will bring acknowledged in all constitu- do not consume one another’s they leave, after any bequest ing about the woman, Shaykh close relatives leave, be it little Allah, The Almighty, stress- about, after hardship, ease.} tions and ideologies except wealth unjustly but only [in they [may have] made or debt.} Muhammad ‘Abduh, may Allah or much - an obligatory share.} es these rules in many other [Quran 65:7] communism. lawful] business by mutual con- [Quran 4:12] The Almighty have mercy upon [Quran 4:7] Quranic verses. Allah, The Al- Islam even allows the wom- According to the majority of sent...} [Quran 4:29] Consequently, the woman him, said, This sublime rank While we find that this right mighty, Says (what means): an, whose guardian or husband scholars and historians, women • {O you who have be- has her own independent fi- to which Allah, The Almighty, had been established for the • {And it is not lawful for does not provide for her, to in Arabia before Islam were de- lieved, spend from the good nancial personality as she may raised the woman was not woman under Islam, the Eu- you to take anything of what take from his money what suf- prived of the right to act freely things which you have earned.} bequeath or borrow just like the achieved in any other religion ropean woman remained for you have given them unless fices her according to what is regarding their money or pos- [Quran 2:267] man. Shaykh Rasheed Ridha, or legislation. No nation before more than 12 centuries after both fear that they will not be acceptable. Hind, may Allah sessions. The woman herself The Prophet, sallallahu may Allah The Almighty have or after the advent of Islam has the advent of Islam deprived of able to keep [within] the limits The Almighty be pleased with was a tradable good that could ‘alayhi wa sallam, said to wom- mercy upon him, said in Tafseer achieved this rank for women. many of the rights granted to of Allah. But if you fear that they her, said, “O Messenger of Al- be transferred from man to en: “Give in charity, even if it Al-Manaar, Islam aborted the Even the European nations, the Muslim woman. will not keep [within] the limits lah, Abu Sufyaan is a stingy man. She had no right in inher- is from your jewellery.” [Al- practices of the Arabs and non- who claim that they have given 4) The Sharee’ah (Islamic of Allah, then there is no blame man and does not give me and itance or in the dowry paid by Bukhari and Muslim] Arabs regarding depriving the special care for the woman and Law) stipulates that the woman upon either of them concerning my children adequate provi- her husband. 2) Islam states that the woman from the right of own- taught her arts and sciences, are is entitled to receive and own that by which she ransoms her- sions for maintenance unless I However, with the advent of woman is absolutely equal to ership and limiting her ability lagging behind Islam in this re- the dowry within the marriage self.} [Quran 2:229] take something from his pos- Islam, the woman’s status im- the man and that she may act to act regarding what she owns. gard. The laws of some of these contract after it used to be giv- • {O, you who have believed, session without his knowledge.” proved dramatically. This is be- freely regarding her money and Islam also removed the authori- nations still deprive the woman en to her guardian. In Islam, it is not lawful for you to inherit The Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi cause Islam sees that the wom- property without the interfer- ty of the husband over his wife’s of the right to dispose of her the dowry is exclusively for women by compulsion. And do wa sallam, said to her: “Take an enjoys the same economic ence of anyone whatsoever. Al- money and possessions. Un- money without the consent of the woman and no one has the not make difficulties for them in from his possessions enough rights as the man and that her lah, The Almighty, Says (what der Islam, the woman has the her husband. These nations still right to take even a penny of it order to take [back] part of what to suffice you and your children competency is limitless except means): right to own and act regarding deprive the woman of many of without her consent. Allah, The you gave them unless they com- reasonably.” [Al-Bukhaari, Abu concerning that which is pro- • {And test the orphans [in her possessions legally. She is the rights given to women under Almighty, Says (what means): mit a clear immorality.} [Quran Daawood, An-Nasaa’i and Ibn hibited by Allah, The Almighty, their abilities] until they reach also entitled to receive a dowry Islam more than thirteen centu- {And give the women [upon 4:19] Maajah] or His Messenger, sallallahu marriageable age. Then if you and to be financially supported ries ago. Moreover, women in marriage] their [bridal] gifts The Sharee’ah also ordained Islam honored and digni- ‘alayhi wa sallam. perceive in them sound judg- by her husband even if she is Europe were like slaves in eve- graciously. But if they give up man to provide for the woman fied the Muslim woman and The following are some as- ment, release their property to wealthy. All of this is included rything no more than 50 years willingly to you anything of it, whether it is his mother, daugh- guaranteed economic security pects of the Islamic viewpoint in them. And do not consume it in the Quranic rule: {And due ago; the European woman was then take it in satisfaction and ter, sister or wife, because the for her when it obliged the man this respect: excessively and quickly, [an- to the wives is similar to what like the Arab woman during the ease.} [Quran 4:4] woman is disposed by nature to to provide for her to dedicate 1) The woman has the ticipating] that they will grow is expected of them, according pre-Islamic era, or even worse. This verse entails some very stay at home to manage its af- her life to her fundamental and full legal right to earn money up. And whoever, [when acting to what is reasonable.} [Quran 3) Under Islam, the woman important rules: fairs and bring up the children. sublime mission in life – which through lawful means and to as guardian], is self-sufficient 2:228] became an inheritor after she **The dowry is exclusively Allah, The Almighty, Says (what is to take care of her house, hus- practice trade and all permis- should refrain [from taking a This comprehensive and had been part of the inherit- owned by the woman and her means): band and children - and being sible businesses. Allah, The fee]; and whoever is poor - let general rule states that the ance. Islam declares its appreci- guardian has no right in it. • {Upon the father is the far away from the worries of Almighty, Says (what means): him take according to what is woman is equal to the man in ation of the woman and respect **The husband should give mothers’ provision and their making a living. Philippines / SE Asia / Pakistan / S Asia Friday, September 28, 2018 05 Rockets hit Afghan city during president’s visit Indonesia to hold weekly ‘fake news’ briefings

GHAZNI: Three rockets hit the Afghan city of Ghazni during a visit by President Ashraf Ghani on JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Communications Ministry has announced plans to hold weekly briefings on fake Thursday, in an apparent display of strength by militants as they ramp up attacks across the country. news in an effort to educate the public about the spread of disinformation, ministry said on Thursday. News The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault, which came weeks after the group stormed the Communications Minister Rudiantara said the initiative was designed to help the Indonesian in brief provincial capital — a two-hour drive from Kabul — and engaged security forces in an intense battle public “sort through the news” in the lead up to what is widely expected to be a heated presidential that killed hundreds of people. election scheduled for next April, reports the Guardian. No one was killed or wounded in the latest attack, provincial deputy police chief Ramazan Ali The initiative will kick off as soon as possible, said the minister, and fake news stories - known Mohseni said. (AFP) locally as hoax news or black campaigns - would be accompanied by factual explanations. (IANS) New UN panel to prepare indictments over Myanmar atrocities criminal proceedings... in na- started in August last year. stateless Muslim minority took Council voted in favour of consolidating evidence tional, regional or international The 444-page report by a refuge in Bangladesh, where of human rights abuses, including ‘genocide’ courts or tribunals.” UN fact-finding mission con- they remain — fearful of return- Thirty-five of the council’s cluded there was enough evi- ing to mainly Buddhist Myan- AFP to collect, consolidate, pre- 47 members voted in favour of dence to merit investigation mar despite a repatriation deal GENEVA serve and analyse evidence of the resolution while only three and prosecution of Myanmar’s between the two countries. the most serious international — China, the Philippines and army chief and five other top The military has denied THE UN Human Rights Coun- crimes and violations of inter- Burundi — voted against. The military commanders for nearly all wrongdoing, justify- cil voted on Thursday to set up national law committed in My- remainder either abstained or crimes against humanity and ing its crackdown as a legiti- a panel to prepare criminal in- anmar since 2011.” refrained from casting a vote. genocide against the Rohingya. mate means of rooting out Ro- dictments over atrocities com- The text, a collaboration The text was presented Troops committed mur- hingya militants. mitted in Myanmar, amid alle- between the European Union after a damning report was der, rape, arson and torture, The UN and rights groups gations of genocide against the and the Organisation of Islamic released earlier this month, using unfathomable levels of say the operations were vastly Rohingya minority. Cooperation, says the panel will outlining in meticulous and violence and with a total disre- disproportionate and a troop The top UN rights body be responsible for preparing searing detail atrocities against gard for human life, investiga- build-up in the area occurred voted to “establish an ongo- “files in order to facilitate and the Rohingya, who fled a vio- (File photo) Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar arrive at the tors concluded. before insurgents attacked po- ing independent mechanism expedite fair and independent lent military campaign that Naf river in Whaikyang, Bangladesh border. (AFP) More than 700,000 of the lice posts in August 2017. Bangladesh govt to discuss tough media Extrajudicial killings my law with journalists REUTERS govt’s only sin: Duterte DHAKA Digital Security Act worries EU diplomats JOURNALIST groups in DHAKA European Union It wasn’t certain whether the Philippine leader was serious with his claim, amid a complaint filed against him before the ICC Bangladesh have cancelled ambassadors in Bangladesh planned protests against a new on Thursday expressed AGENCIES law they say cripples press concern over the newly-en- MANILA freedom after the government acted Digital Security Act in offered talks instead. the country, which they fear PHILIPPINE President Rodri- The law, which combines could lead to a restriction of go Duterte admitted on Thurs- some existing measures such press freedom. day that his only sin is the ex- as the colonial-era Official Se- In an unanimous vote trajudicial killings as collateral crets Act with tough new pro- last week, the Bangladesh for his administration’s brutal visions, was passed by parlia- Parliament approved the war against illegal drugs that ment on September 19, three act, which kept the provi- has resulted in deaths of thou- months before an expected na- sion of life imprisonment sands of Filipinos nationwide tional election. It now awaits for revealing state secrets and which continues to receive the signature of President Ab- and imposes prison terms global condemnation. dul Hamid to come into force. for the distribution of anti- Journalist groups and un- state propaganda. I told the military ions had planned protests in “We reiterate our Dhaka on Thursday and Sat- concerns around several ‘what are my urday, but the government has provisions of the Digital sins?’ Did I steal money? now invited them to join talks Security Act which un- expected on Sunday. duly restrict the freedom Even just one peso? Did “If we can achieve our de- of expression and the I prosecute somebody I mand through discussion then freedom of the media and sent to jail? My only sin that is good for all,” said Sai- undermine judicial proce- ful Islam, president of Dhaka dural guarantees,” the EU is extrajudicial killings Reporters Unity, a forum for ambassadors said in a President Rodrigo Duterte journalists. joint statement. “The Act The unions and the Editors could be used to suppress Council of Bangladesh, which and criminalise the le- Duterte made the confes- represents the country’s larg- gitimate exercise of these sion as he slammed opposition est daily newspapers, will at- freedoms.” (IANS) Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangil- tend the talks. inan for being the author of “The information ministry Republic Act 9344 or the Ju- is very much aware about the and ensure free movement of venile Justice Welfare Act of concern of the journalist com- information.” 2006, which he said has pro- munity,” Bangladesh’s Infor- The journalists’ groups duced criminals, and whom he mation Minister Hasanul Haq have called on the government said talks as if he is faultless. said in the letter. “It is of the to revise or drop multiple sec- His critics find a lot of fault in Filipino activists hold anti-Duterte placards during a protest march at a street in Manila recently. (EPA-EFE) utmost necessity to sit with the tions in the law they say stifle him but as far as President Ro- Editors Council to discuss the media freedom and breach drigo Duterte is concerned, he raise concerns on the anti- records. Many thousands — issue, to settle the concerns their right to free speech. just committed one sin. narcotics campaign. War on drugs kills 444 in August hundreds of thousands came “What are your sins? Me? I It was not certain whether MANILA Up to 444 drug suspects were killed last month in the out... you saw them on TV,” he told the military ‘what are my Duterte was serious when he Philippines as part of the government’s ongoing crackdown against added, referring to drug ad- sins?’ Did I steal money? Even made the statement, which narcotics, authorities said on Thursday. dicts who surrendered to the just one peso? Did I prosecute came months after his crit- The figures for August take the total number of deaths in the police during the early months €230 million German aid somebody I sent to jail? My ics filed a complaint against war on drugs to 4,854, according the latest report released by of his presidency. only sin is extrajudicial kill- him before the International the Philippine Drug Enforment Agency (PDEA), the Philippine Despite claims that the ings,” Duterte said during the Criminal Court over the death National Police and other government agencies. campaign encourages extraju- package for Afghanistan oath-taking of career govern- of thousands of drug suspects. The government has claimed that only those suspects who dicial killings, Duterte’s war on DPA least 62 million euro, while the ment officials on Thursday in The ICC has started its pre- have resisted arrest have been killed. The total arrest count has drugs remains popular in the KABUL rest will be spent by the Ger- Malacañang. liminary examination on the reached 155,193, while at least 12 narcotics laboratories and Philippines, based on the lat- man government. Duterte, whose controver- deaths tied to Duterte’s war on 223 drug dens have been dismantled, the report stated. (DPA) est surveys. A Social Weather GERMAN authorities on sial war on illegal drugs has drugs. Duterte responded by Stations poll conducted from Thursday announced a left more than 4,000 people withdrawing the Philippines’ June 27 to 30 indicated that 78 234-million-euro (273-mil- The Afghan government will dead, went on to justify the ratification of the Rome Stat- controversial crackdown on il- I have to do because I have to percent of Filipinos are satis- lion-dollar) aid package for have responsibility for at killings, saying they were di- ute, the international treaty legal drugs, saying the problem do it. Who will do it?” Duterte fied with the campaign while Afghanistan’s economic devel- least 62 million euro, while rected at “fools.” Duterte de- that created the ICC. has contaminated several Fili- said. “When I became presi- only 13 percent are not for a opment in 2018. the rest will be spent by the scribed as ‘fools’ critics who The president justified his pinos. “There are things that dent, I insisted in opening the net satisfaction rating of +65. The aid will be spent on German government creating jobs, improving wa- ter and energy supply in ru- ral areas, the empowerment Prugel noted his dissatisfac- AFP voiced alarm over a significant and jailing of political oppo- death knell to democracy. of women and ensuring good tion with how German aid has UN expert GENEVA deterioration in the country’s nents and journalists. Speaking to reporters in governance, German ambas- been spent in Afghanistan pre- political situation over the The main opposition party, Geneva, Smith lamented the sador Peter Prugel told report- viously, saying that a lot more warns of A UN expert on the rights situ- past year and urged the gov- the Cambodia National Res- crackdown on political op- ers in Kabul. needed to be done to ensure ation in Cambodia decried on ernment to change course. cue Party was dissolved, clear- position, civil society and the It will also be used for im- such support was effective. Thursday that laws were be- In the run-up to contro- ing the way for the CPP to take media in Cambodia. proving the rule of law, pro- A recent report revealed ‘climate ing used to rein in dissent and versial July elections, premier all 125 parliamentary seats in “Laws are increasingly viding early education and that a United States aid pro- were creating a “climate of Hun Sen and his ruling PAR- the vote. This effectively ren- being used in Cambodia to fighting corruption, he added. gramme designed to create jobs of fear’ in fear” in the country. TY backed a crackdown on dered Cambodia a one-party oppress the opposition and The Afghan government for 75,000 Afghan women had UN Special Rapporteur perceived threats, including state, which the international silence dissent and create a will have responsibility for at failed to meet its goals. Cambodia for Cambodia Rhona Smith the shuttering of media outlets community has decried as a climate of fear,” she said.

Vietnam’s hardline president laid to rest Pakistan PM house buffaloes auctioned off for $19,000 HANOI Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang, a lifelong commu- AFP struggling economy. lik Tayyib Nawaz told AFP. nist stalwart with a reputation as a hardliner, was buried in his ISLAMABAD “The auction was not just Sharif — who was removed home village on Thursday in a ceremony blessed by monks, as good. It was very, very good,” from office last year by the relatives and leaders bid him a final farewell. THE Pakistani premier’s said government official Javaid Supreme Court for alleged Quang died on Friday aged 61 after a prolonged illness that house milked its livestock re- Iqbal, who oversaw the sale. corruption — was freed from officials described only as a “rare virus”. serves on Thursday as dozens An auctioneer shouted prison earlier this month after A long-serving communist apparatchik and former national gathered for a buffalo auction prices to a crowd carrying being jailed weeks ahead of police chief, Quang was celebrated by peers for his dedication to in the capital Islamabad, in the stacks of rupees in the resi- July elections. However, oth- the country that he spent much of his career serving. latest push for Prime Minister dence’s backyard, where the ers at the auction complained But his legacy is a chequered one, and he will be remem- Imran Khan’s highly publi- shiny, black buffalos for sale of the high prices. bered by some as a tough leader with little tolerance for dis- cised austerity drive. were tied to nearby trees. “A common man like me sent, even during his two years as president which saw a brutal A total of eight buffalos The animals were pur- cannot afford to buy them,” crackdown on activists in the one-party state. were auctioned off for nearly chased in 2014 by the govern- said Zameer Khan, who trav- Though he was a member of the powerful politburo, his pub- 2.3 million rupees ($19,000) ment of ousted premier Nawaz A Pakistani man checks a buffalo during an auction on the premises elled to the event with the lic role as president was largely ceremonial and his death is not at the prime minister’s resi- Sharif, with supporters of the of the Prime Minister’s house in Islamabad on Thursday. (AFP) hope of netting a buffalo but expected to shake up politics in a country where the communist dence, as Khan’s new admin- erstwhile leader flocking to left empty handed. party yields enormous power. istration aims to cut expendi- the auction and paying several “I bought a buffalo for market price. But I am happy Khan was elected in July His comrades remembered him fondly at the ceremony in ture and increase revenue times the market price for a 300,000 rupees, which is because it’s a memory tied to on promises to cut excessive his home province of Ninh Binh, south of Hanoi. (AFP) collection to boost Pakistan’s piece of history. three times higher than the my leader Nawaz Sharif,” Ma- government spending. 06 Friday, September 28, 2018 India / World

Three mililtants NEWS India reiterates commitment to Palestinian cause IN BRIEF among six dead IANS the visit, the Prime Minister an- tioned India's increasing of its in J&K violence UNITED NATIONS nounced a substantial upscaling contribution to the UN Relief Niger cholera of our development partnership and Works Agency (UNRWA) ahead of polls outbreak INDIAN External Affairs Min- efforts in solidarity with the Pal- for Palestine Refugees in the claims 67 lives ister Sushma Swaraj has reiter- estinian people," she said. Near East from $1.25 million to ated India's support to the Pales- "India is investing in projects $5 million annually. "A negoti- AFP NIAMEY A cholera outbreak tinian cause while asserting New of healthcare, educational infra- ated two-state solution remains SRINAGAR in Niger has killed 67 peo- Delhi's backing for a two-state structure, women empower- the only viable solution to the ple since July out of thou- solution to the conflict in West ment and a printing press, in ad- issue to bring sustainable peace SIX people were killed in sands of recorded cases, Asia. dition to other capacity building and lasting security," she said. mounting violence ahead of the UN said Thursday, citing Speaking at a meeting of programmes." Calling for restraint and local elections in Kashmir as health ministry figures. the Ministerial Committee of Sushma Swaraj said that de- moderation from all sides, she Indian authorities imposed a The epicentre is the the Non-Aligned Movement velopment partnership projects stated: "The stagnation since curfew and suspended mobile southern Maradi region, (NAM) on Palestine here on the in Palestine worth around $70 the collapse of talks four years internet services in the disput- near the border with Nigeria sidelines of the UN General As- million are under implementa- Sushma Swaraj said development partnership projects in Palestine ago and the deterioration in the ed territory on Thursday. where a separate outbreak sembly Session on Wednesday, tion during the last five years. worth around $70 million are under implementation. security situation continues to There were at least four has claimed nearly 100 Sushma Swaraj recalled the "These include flagship cause serious concern. We hope separate shootings in the res- lives, the UN humanitarian visit of Indian Prime Minister projects like the super-specialty She said that India's long- port to the Palestinian cause; for an early resumption of talks tive Himalayan region, where agency OCHA said. Fifty-five Narendra Modi to Palestine in hospital in Beit Sahour and the standing friendship with Pales- and development partnership to between Israel and Palestine an armed insurgency against of the deaths were recorded February, the first by an Indian India-Palestine Technology tine is built around three core assist nation building and capac- that can move towards finding Indian rule has raged for three in Maradi, where there were Prime Minister, and described it Park, which was inaugurated last dimensions: solidarity with Pal- ity building efforts. out a comprehensive resolution decades, costing tens of thou- a total of 3,232 cases, it as a "historic occasion". "During year in Ramallah," she stated. estinian people; steadfast sup- Sushma Swaraj also men- of the issue." sands of lives. said. (AFP) An army spokesman, Colo- nel Rajesh Kalia, said three Nigeria flooding militants and one soldier death toll died in separate shootouts in climbs to 200 Budgam district and Anantnag district. ABUJA Nearly 200 peo- Adultery no longer a crime in Elsewhere, a road-con- ple have died in flooding struction labourer was shot caused by heavy seasonal and killed by soldiers, said a rains across 12 states in police officer who spoke on Nigeria, the country's main condition of anonymity and relief agency said on Thurs- India, rules Supreme Court could not provide further de- day. The National Emer- tails. In the main city of Sri- gency Management Agency nagar, government forces shot (NEMA) said 199 people dead a man during an early had lost their lives after the The law deprived women of dignity and individual choice, says SC in landmark judgment morning patrol, sparking pub- main Niger and Benue rivers lic unrest. burst their banks. Thousands defied the A national disaster has government curfew to attend been declared in the central his funeral, chanting slogans states of Kogi, where the against Indian rule in the two rivers meet, and Niger, mountainous area where half a plus Delta and Anambra in million soldiers are deployed. the south. (AFP) Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan Sixteen miners since 1947 but both nuclear- abducted in armed rivals claim the terri- northern Nigeria tory in full, and have fought three wars over its control. KANO, Nigeria Sixteen min- ers have been abducted in an area of northern Nigeria notorious for kidnapping China, Russia for ransom, police and a community leader said on call for easing Thursday. The local miners were seized late on Tuesday of North Korea as they returned from a site in the Birnin Gwari area of sanctions at UN Kaduna state, said police spokesman Yakubu Sabo. AFP "THE 16 miners were travel- UNITED NATIONS ling in a truck when they were intercepted near Bogo- CHINA and Russia called ma village by a kidnapping Thursday for an easing of sanc- gang who whisked them to tions against North Korea, re- an unknown location," he jecting a US call at the UN Se- added. (AFP) The Supreme Court of India. curity Council to press on with Government lawyers argued vigorous enforcement despite a AFP the court to strike down the law, month, the court struck a ban lawyer in the Supreme Court, dip in tensions. NEW DELHI describing it as arbitrary and adultery should remain a on gay sex introduced by Brit- said watershed decisions on gay Led by the United States, Troops repel discriminatory against women. crime as it threatens the ish rulers in 1861. The bench sex and adultery had shown the the Security Council adopted Boko Haram ADULTERY is no longer a "Thinking of adultery from institution of marriage, and argued that Section 377 had judges' "adherence to liberal three sanctions resolutions last crime, India's top court ruled a point of view of criminality is caused harm to children become "a weapon for harass- values and the constitution". year aimed at depriving North attack on Nigeria on Thursday, declaring a colo- a retrograde step," unanimous- and families ment" of homosexuals and "Another fine judgement Korea of revenue for its nu- nial-era law that punished the ly declared the five-judge bench "history owes an apology to the by the SC," he Tweeted after clear and ballistic missile pro- military base offence with jail time uncon- of the Supreme Court. members of this community Thursday's ruling. grammes. stitutional and discriminatory Women could not file a possesses and denies agency to and their families". In 1954, the court upheld Chinese Foreign Minister AFP against women. complaint under the archaic a woman in a matrimonial tie," On adultery, government adultery as a crime arguing "it Wang Yi told a council meet- KANO, NIGERIA The more than century- law nor be held liable for adul- said Supreme Court Justice D. lawyers argued it should remain is commonly accepted that it ing that the thaw in relations old law prescribed that any tery themselves, making it sole- Y. Chandrachud. a crime as it threatens the insti- is the man who is the seducer, between North and South Ko- NIGERIAN troops have repelled man who slept with a married ly the realm of men. The court "She is subjugated to the tution of marriage, and caused and not the woman". rea -- combined with warmer an attack on a military base by woman without her husband's said it deprived women of dig- will of her spouse." harm to children and families. But in their ruling on Thurs- US-North Korean ties -- should Boko Haram militants in the permission had committed nity and individual choice and It was the second time this But in its ruling, the court said day, the judges said this narra- lead to sanctions relief. country's northeast, the army adultery, a crime carrying a "gives license to the husband to month the court overturned extramarital affairs -- while still tive no longer applied, noting "Given the positive devel- and security sources said on five-year prison term in the use women as a chattel". Victorian-era laws governing a valid ground for divorce -- also that Britain did away with opments," Wang said the coun- Thursday. conservative country. "It disregards the sexual the sexual choices of India's were a private matter between its own laws penalising adul- cil should consider a provision The attack, in the town of A petitioner had challenged autonomy which every woman 1.25 billion citizens. Earlier this adults. Prashant Bhushan, a tery long ago. to "modify the sanctions meas- Gashigar, in the Mobbar district ures in light of the DPRK's of Borno state, is believed to compliance." have been carried out by a Boko Russia backed China's call Haram faction backed by the Is- to consider a sanctions review. lamic State group. Supreme Court clears deck for Ayodhya case hearing Declaring that sanctions It was the latest in a series should not become a form of of strikes against military bases IANS Bhushan, reading the judge- tended that while deciding the bench will commence hearing "collective punishment," Rus- that have raised questions about NEW DELHI ment on behalf of himself and The SC bench gave its ver- title suit in 2010, the Lucknow from October 29 on a batch of sian Foreign Minister Sergei the group's strength, despite re- Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who dict on petitions by some bench of Allahabad High Court petitions filed by both the sides Lavrov argued that it was time peated official claims they were A majority 2-1 judgement, the headed Thursday's three-judge Muslims who had pleaded had referred to the observations -- Hindu and Muslim stake- to send a positive signal to on the verge of defeat. The Nige- Supreme Court on Thursday bench. that the 2010 judgement of made in the 1994 judgement by holders -- challenging the 2010 Pyongyang to encourage con- rian army confirmed the attack rejected a plea for referring The bench was giving its the five-judge bench. judgement trifurcating the dis- cessions. "Steps by the DPRK in a post on its Twitter account the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri verdict on petitions by some the Allahabad High Court However, in a dissenting puted site into three parts for toward gradual disarmament late on Wednesday. Masjid issue to a larger Consti- Muslims who had pleaded that splitting the title dispute ruling, Justice Abdul Nazeer Ram Lalla, Nirmohi Akhara should be followed by an eas- "BHT (Boko Haram ter- tution Bench and referred the the 2010 judgement of the Al- into three parts be heard by said the judgement in the 1994 and the original Muslim litigant. ing of sanctions," said Lavrov. rorists) met their Waterloo this case to a three-judge bench to lahabad High Court splitting the a Constitution Bench Ismail Farooqi case needed re- "Observations in Ismail Farooqi US Secretary of State Mike evening when they attempted to be set up that will begin hear- title dispute into three parts be consideration and the matter case on mosques not being es- Pompeo opened the meeting, infiltrate 145 (Battalion) location ing from October 29. heard by a Constitution Bench should be referred to a larger sential to religion was in the held during the annual UN at Gashigar," it said. "No case has been made out as it involved reconsideration had held that mosque was not seven-judge bench. The ma- context of acquisition of mosque General Assembly session, by "They were completely rout- to refer the case to a Constitu- of a 1994 ruling by a five-judge an essential part of Islam to offer jority judgement on Thursday and made with respect to facts demanding strict enforcement ed by the troops and they fled tion Bench," said Justice Ashok bench of the apex court which namaz. The petitioners had con- held that a newly constituted of that case. of sanctions. in disarray due to superior fire- power by the gallant troops of 145 Bn." There were no indica- tions of casualties on either side. A senior military source in China demands US stop slander, dispel obstacles to military ties the Borno state capital, Mai- duguri, told AFP the jihadists REUTERS list of sensitive issues including velopment of relations between sional elections in November. arrived on nine pick-up trucks BEIJING the disputed South China Sea the two militaries," Ren said, "We advise the United mounted with anti-aircraft guns and self-ruled Taiwan, armed when asked about Wei's trip. States to stop this unceasing and tried to get into the base. CHINA demanded the United by Washington but claimed by Beijing has also denied a criticism and slander of China," "Troops engaged them in a States "dispel obstacles" to im- Beijing. request for a US warship to Geng said. fierce battle and prevented them proving military ties and stop On Saturday, China sum- visit Hong Kong, the U.S. con- "Stop these wrong words from getting into the base," he slandering it, amid growing moned the U.S. ambassador sulate in the Chinese city said and deeds that damage bilater- said, adding that the jihadists tensions over trade, Taiwan, in Beijing and postponed joint on Tuesday. Ren said he had al relations and the basic inter- withdrew after air support was the South China Sea and U.S. military talks to protest Wash- no further information on that. ests of both countries' peoples." called in. The attack follows a President Donald Trump's ington's decision to sanction a Adding fuel to the flames, Trump also said on Twit- pattern that has seen at least claims of China meddling in Chinese military agency and China was angered this week ter on Wednesday that China nine military bases attacked the upcoming U.S. election. its director for buying Russian when the United States ap- was "placing propaganda ads" since July, mostly in the north- Trump on Wednesday ac- fighter jets and a surface-to-air proved the sale of spare parts in US newspapers, referring ern part of Borno state, near the cused China of seeking to inter- missile system. for F-16 fighter planes and oth- to a Chinese government-run shores of Lake Chad. fere in the Nov. 6 U.S. congres- Defence ministry spokes- Chinese President Xi Jinping (second right) and his wife Peng Liyuan er military aircraft worth up to media company's four-page The military has strongly sional elections, saying that man Ren Guoqiang told a (right) welcome Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni (second left) $330 million to Taiwan, which supplement in the Sunday Des denied reports of heavy troop Beijing did not want him or his monthly briefing that the and his mother in Beijing recently. (AFP) China considers a wayward Moines Register promoting the casualties. More than 27,000 Republican Party to do well be- United States should take steps province. mutual benefits of US-China people are thought to have been cause of his pugnacious stance to improve military relations this week. blame for the present problem, Speaking at a separate brief- trade. killed in the nine-year Islamist on trade. and expressed China's firm op- He even hinted a planned so the United States must im- ing, Chinese Foreign Ministry Asked about the tweet, insurgency that has triggered The two countries are al- position to "provocative" U.S. visit to the United States later mediately correct its mistakes, spokesman Geng Shuang reit- Geng said that such advertise- a humanitarian crisis and left ready embroiled in an acri- air force flights over the South this year for Defence Minister and withdraw the so-called erated a denial of Trump's ac- ments by foreign media were 1.8 million people still without monious trade war and have China Sea, after U.S. B-52s flew Wei Fenghe could be in doubt. sanctions to dispel obstacles cusation that Beijing is trying commonplace and allowed by homes. continued to butt heads over a in the vicinity of the waterway "The United States is to that interfere in the healthy de- to influence the U.S. congres- U.S. law. Gulf / Middle East Friday, September 28, 2016 07

Yemen govt ends cooperation with UN Palestinian aid agency hit UN rights mission AFP by US cuts raises $118 million ADEN DPA head Pierre Krahenbuhl providing 365 million dollars NEW YORK told reporters in New York last year. UNRWA provides YEMEN’S government on on Thursday. Germany, the education, health care, food Thursday announced it will THE UN refugee agency for European Union, Kuwait, aid and other social services end its cooperation with a Palestinians has raised $118 Ireland and Norway were to more than 5 million Pal- UN human rights mission, million to try to plug the among those who promised estinian refugees in the West accusing investigators of funding gap after the United big donations during a meet- Bank and Gaza as well as in bias after a report on alleged States pulled their support. ing hosted on the sidelines of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. war crimes. The new pledges re- the UN General Assembly. Jordan hosts more than The government came un- duce the shortfall facing the As part of a shift in US 2 million of the over 5 mil- der fire last month after UN United Nations Relief and policy towards the Palestin- lion registered refugees that experts highlighted deadly air Works Agency for Palestine ians, Washington first dras- UNRWA supports and is ral- strikes by the regional Saudi- Refugees in the Near East tically reduced and then lying donor support to ease led coalition supporting it in Palestinian schoolgirls take part in a rally against the US decision to cut UNRWA funding in the occupied (UNRWA) from $186 million decided to completely cut the dire financial crisis the the war with the Iran-linked West Bank. (REUTERS) to $68 million, the agency’s funding for UNRWA after agency is facing. Houthi rebels. “The government refuses to extend the mission’s man- date because its findings, out- lined in the report, did not meet the standards of profes- US-led fight against IS killed sionalism and impartiality or the basic principles of the over 1,100 civilians: Pentagon United Nations,” said a state- Jerusalem is not ment carried by the state-run AFP sion to strike complied with Saba news agency. WASHINGTON the law of armed conflict, un- It accused the UN group intended civilian casualties re- of “turning a blind eye” to the THE US-led coalition fighting grettably occurred,” the coali- violations of the Shiite Houthi the Islamic State group in Syria tion said. In the deadliest of the rebels, who the government has for sale, declares and Iraq has acknowledged the incidents, in May 2017, a strike been battling since 2014. deaths of an additional 53 civil- on IS positions and a bomb fac- On Wednesday, the inves- ians, bringing the official toll to tory in Mosul, Iraq resulted in tigators, appointed by the Hu- 1,114. the unintentional deaths of 20 man Rights Council a year ago, The coalition said in a state- civilians. had requested they continue ment Thursday that it had con- Monitoring group Airwars probing the “extremely alarm- Abbas at UN ducted a total of 30,008 strikes says the number of civilian ing” situation in Yemen, amid between August 2014 and the deaths acknowledged by the resistance from Saudi Arabia end of August 2018. US-led coalition is well below and its allies. Palestinian president urges Trump to rescind Jerusalem, aid decisions Officials said they had ex- the true toll of the bombing The Saudi-led coalition has amined 60 civilian casualty campaign, estimating that at dismissed as “inaccurate” and reports last month, and found least 6,575 civilians have been “non-neutral” the UN experts’ eight of them to be “credible,” killed. The US-led operations August 28 report, which ac- resulting in the 53 deaths. to fight IS in Iraq and Syria cused both government forces “In each of eight incidents, have largely wound down, with and the Houthis of violations the investigation assessed that the jihadists ousted from all against international law. although all feasible precau- but a small pocket in eastern tions were taken and the deci- Syria. ‘Israel ready to reopen Syria Iraqi Kurds to vote crossing’ in parliamentary DPA TEL AVIV polls on Sunday ISRAELI Defence Minister REUTERS president in the aftermath, told Avigdor Lieberman says his ERBIL/SULAIMANIYA thousands of flag-waving men country is ready to reopen the in Erbil: “We will never give up Quneitra crossing with Syria A year after a failed bid for in- our dignity or honour.” adding that “the ball is in Syr- dependence, Iraq’s Kurds will But Barzani - still the KDP’s ia’s court.” be voting again on Sunday, this leader and main vote-getter The Quneitra crossing, lo- time in a parliamentary election - also added that “even 1,000 cated in the Israeli-occupied that could disrupt the delicate years of war won’t solve the Golan Heights, was shuttered balance of power in their semi- problem”. in 2014 according to Israeli autonomous region. Even though relations with media. UNDOF, a United Na- With opposition parties Baghdad have improved, the tions peacekeeping force, re- weak, the Kurdistan Demo- Kurdish region has lost territory started patrols in the Quinetra cratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic and economic autonomy, and area in August after the Syr- Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are voter frustration is rising. ian government retook con- likely to extend their almost “This is the first time that trol over the town of Quinetra three decades of sharing power. I’m not voting,” said Ahmed from Syrian rebels. But splits within the PUK Abdullah, a 68-year-old retiree. “We are ready to open present the possibility that Ma- “The two parties in power steal the crossing as it was before soud Barzani’s KDP will take a and lie, and that’s how they stay and now the ball is in Syria’s dominant position in Kurdish in power. I’ve stopped believing court,” Lieberman said dur- politics, both in the regional anything will change.” ing a tour of the crossing on capital Erbil and in the difficult Abdullah had been a sup- Thursday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at the United Nations in New York City on Thursday. (AFP) formation of a federal govern- porter of the PUK, the second “In terms of the ability ment in Baghdad. largest party, led by the Ta- to operate the crossing, both AGENCIES cisions and decrees regarding cannot be a mediator single- The contentious referen- labani family and based around from a security and adminis- UNITED NATIONS Jerusalem, refugees and set- The last Israeli-Palestinian handedly,” Abbas said. dum on independence in 2017, Sulaimaniya. The PUK and the trative point of view, every- tlements.” peace talks collapsed in Israeli Defence Minister led by Barzani, promised to Erbil-based Barzani clan’s KDP thing is ready,” he said. The last Israeli-Palestin- 2014 and there are doubts Avigdor Lieberman criticized set Iraq’s Kurds on a path to together form a dynastic du- PALESTINIAN President ian peace talks collapsed in that US President Donald Abbas’ speech, saying: “In- a homeland. Instead, a swift opoly predicated on patronage Mahmoud Abbas attacked US 2014 and there are doubts Trump can secure what he stead of responding to the backlash from Baghdad dashed in the regions they respectively efforts to forge an Israeli-Pal- that US President Donald outstretched hand of Israel those prospects and diminished control. But years of stagnant Clashes in West estinian peace deal during his Trump can secure what he has called the ‘ultimate and the United States, the the region’s autonomy. politics, unpaid salaries and UN General Assembly speech, has called the “ultimate deal” deal’ since he recognized only thing that interests (him) Speaking on the vote’s corruption have undermined Bank as Israelis calling Washington a biased since he recognized Jerusa- Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is to settle scores and drive first anniversary, Barzani, faith in politics and shrunk the mediator and saying that Je- lem as Israel’s capital in De- in December the region toward confronta- who stepped down as Kurdish turnout in recent elections. visit holy site rusalem “is not for sale.” cember and moved the U.S. tion”. Abbas called on the United Embassy there in May. Palestinians are boycott- AFP States to reverse its recogni- The Palestinians want to policy for decades. ing Washington’s peace ef- RAMALLAH tion of Jerusalem as Israel’s establish a state in the West On Wednesday, in his ad- forts after Trump broke with capital and cuts in aid to the Bank and the Gaza Strip, with ministration’s clearest sup- long-standing US policy by CLASHES broke out overnight Palestinians, saying these had East Jerusalem as its capital. port for the idea, he said “I like recognising Jerusalem as Is- as hundreds of Israelis visited undermined the two-state so- Israel captured those terri- a two-state solution. That’s rael’s capital and moving the a religious site in the occupied lution to the conflict. tories in the 1967 Middle East what I think works best,” but American Embassy to the West Bank, the Israeli army “With all of these deci- war and annexed East Jerusa- later in the day backed off, contested city. and Palestinian sources said sions, this administration has lem in a move not recognized saying he would also support Earlier on Thursday Egyp- on Thursday. reneged on all previous U.S. internationally. Israel regards a one-state solution if both tian President Abdel Fattah Around 1,500 Jewish Israe- commitments, and has under- all of the city as its eternal and sides wanted it. al-Sisi called for a resumption lis visited the Joseph’s Tomb mined the two-state solution,” indivisible capital. Abbas said the United of Israel-Palestinian peace site near Nablus in the north- Abbas said in his address to Trump has equivocated on States could no longer be the talks when he met Israeli ern West Bank late Wednesday, the annual gathering of world whether he supports the idea sole mediator. Prime Minister Benjamin protected by Israeli soldiers, the leaders at the United Nations. of a two-state solution, with “The US acts as a media- Netanyahu on the sidelines army said. “At the entrance of “I renew my call to Presi- one for the Israelis and one for tor; however now we view the of the UN General Assembly, Deputy PM of the Kurdistan regional government Qubad Talabani the city of Nablus a violent riot dent Trump to rescind his de- the Palestinians, a plank of US US with new eyes. The US Sisi’s office said. addresses supporters in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, on Thursday. (AFP) was instigated during which Palestinians hurled rocks and firebombs,” a spokeswoman told AFP. She said the army had used “riot dispersal means” to Once Iraq’s Venice, Basra’s waters have now turned deadly break up the protest. More than 20 Palestinians were injured, in- cluding two journalists, a Pales- REUTERS lutants can be found in the coffers. other five, while now, we re- tinian medical source said. BASRA river, including germs, chemi- State officials blame a pub- ally started to feel the pinch,” An Israeli army bulldozer cals, toxic algae coupled with lic funding crisis wrought by he said. caught fire after Palestinians ONCE dubbed the “Venice of unprecedented concentrations years of low oil prices for the “Before a quantity of 500 apparently threw Molotov cock- the Middle East” for its canals, of salt almost like that of sea- hardship in a city that was a liters of water was enough tails at it, videos published by lo- Iraq’s crumbling port city of water, rather, it is indeed sea- magnet for Middle Eastern for us as we used it for drink- cal media showed. Basra is slowly dying of thirst. water,” said Shukri al-Hassan, tourists until the early 1980s. ing only. We did not use it for The army said no soldiers Crisscrossed waterways Marine Science lecturer at Local resident Raad Sha- washing our faces and clothes were injured. The tomb is holy to that earned it comparisons Basra University. bout Dhahar said the wa- and we did not use it for bath- Jews but is deep inside the West with the Italian city are now According to Hassan, con- ter crisis is just one of many ing. But now, the 500 liters Bank, territory that is supposed filthy pools of stagnant water. tamination levels of Shatt-al- problems that have left his are used also to wash our faces to form a key part of a future Its vibrant freshwater life- Arab have increased four-fold 17-member family, including and bodies, too.” Palestinian state. It has been the line, the Shatt-al-Arab river over the past 10 years and are two wives, his mother and 14 Located where the Euphra- scene of repeated clashes and that runs through it, is now so increasing, putting more and Crisscrossed waterways that earned it comparisons with the Italian daughters, in despair. tes and Tigris rivers merge was torched in October 2015 be- polluted it threatens the lives more people at risk. city are now filthy pools of stagnant water. “It has become even hard- near the Gulf at Iraq’s marshy fore being repaired later. The Is- of the more than 4 million in- Daily life also features er because if one used to earn southern tip, Basra is one of raeli army regularly carries out habitants of Iraq’s second city. open sewers and streets filled cently staged some of the big- poverishment with the oil 10,000 Iraqi dinars ($8.43) a the few cities in the Middle raids inside Nablus and other “It now causes death. It is with fetid piles of garbage. In gest protests in years. wealth the province provides day, one can spend five thou- East without an effective water Palestinian cities. highly polluted. Different pol- response, furious residents re- Many contrast their im- to the federal government’s sand on food and save the treatment system. 08 Friday, September 28, 2018

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 PRINTED AT ALI BIN ALI PRINTING PRESS Opinion HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Who Wins The Trump-Obama Debate On Jobs? Trump Puts Ego First,

Democrats and Republicans are squabbling about who deserves credit for the good economy. Is it America Last At UN President Donald Trump or his predecessor? Trump’s ‘doctrine of patriotism’ is an ego trip that HAT keeps Americans up at night? National Federation of Independent Busi- Hmm, there are many contenders, ness hit the highest level in its 45-year his- undercuts America’s standing as a global leader but here’s what’s not a worry right tory. Shoppers seem happy, too. Consumer Wnow: the economy, and most peo- confidence is at the highest level since Oc- TRUDY RUBIN | ple’s ability to get a job, keep a job or an- tober 2000, according to The Conference TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE ticipate a raise. Look around, notice all the Board. About 25 percent of households Now Hiring signs? expect their incomes to rise in the next six HE most disturbing point in Presi- Some evidence most of us didn’t expect months, also the highest level since Octo- dent Trump’s speech to the United but ought to celebrate: The US economy is ber 2000. Nations General Assembly on Tues- growing at a 4.2 percent clip, far outpacing The biggest worry we’ve seen among day was not when the audience the 2 percent range of the post-recession employers: Bosses are having trouble find- T laughed at him. era of Barack Obama’s presidency. The un- ing enough people to hire. Big retailers are That’s not to say the laughter – at employment rate is an astonishingly low 3.9 starting the seasonal hiring process earlier Trump’s egotistical (and fact-challenged) percent. That rate is at a near-record low so they can nab enough employees. Target list of his domestic achievements – wasn’t for African-Americans (6.3 percent) and wants to hire 120,000 seasonal workers, justified. We Americans have gotten used Hispanics (4.7 percent). Jobless claims, a 20 percent more than last year. How big to Trump’s ceaseless boasts that turn proxy for layoffs, have tumbled to a 49-year a headache is hiring right now? This com- every speech into a pitch to his domestic low. Wages are rising, too. Median house- ment about the economy jumped out at us: base. Foreign leaders are less inured. hold income grew 1.8 percent in 2017 to an “I almost welcome a slowdown. I can’t find So it’s disconcerting to hear an audi- all-time high of $61,372. enough workers,” Dan Holtz, an Elkhart, ence of prime ministers and presidents, Democrats and Republicans are squab- Ind., RV industry supplier, told The New including many longtime allies, snicker bling about who deserves credit for the York Times. at Trump. It tells us that after a year good times. Is it President Donald Trump Ah, but that which keeps Dan Holtz up on the world stage the president’s self- or his predecessor? Both Obama and at night allows millions of people to slum- aggrandisement has made him a global Trump claim they are responsible, which ber. There are 6.9 million US job openings, figure of fun. is how you know the country is doing well. according to the Labour Department, while Even more disturbing was Trump’s Under Obama, the US recovered from the 6.2 million out-of-work people are looking embrace of the kind of populist nation- 2007-09 Great Recession and continued to for employment. There are skill mismatch- alism that led to world wars in the last grow, but expansion has hit a higher gear es so not everyone will get his or her ideal century and ethnic civil wars in this one. under Trump. The combination of tax cuts job. “We reject the ideology of globalism and deregulation is driving business in- Still, the country is in excellent eco- and accept the doctrine of patriotism,” vestment and hiring. When employers feel nomic shape. When Gallup recently asked the president said. “America will always positive about the future, they bet money Americans to identify the most important choose independence and cooperation on it. That’s what’s keeping the economy problem facing the US, just 12 percent over global governance, control, and speeding along. cite some aspect of the economy. Just 12 domination.” sations badly need reform. But Trump on the sanctions issue – undercutting the Capital investment, which reflects percent. If Americans aren’t complaining This formulation is not only ignorant makes clear his disdain for anything mul- united front needed to curb Iran in the spending on buildings and equipment, in- they’ve got to be satisfied. of history but undercuts Trump’s own tilateral, including NATO. He actively un- region. creased 19 percent in the first half of the What’s unclear is how expansion and goals. dercuts the European Union and wants Similarly, Trump has undercut global year to $341 billion. R&D spending jumped job growth will factor into this fall’s mid- Let’s start with history. As French to blow up multilateral pacts in favour cooperation needed to keep tight sanc- 14 percent. “In the last 25 years, you’ve term elections. Republicans seem unable to President Emmanuel Macron pointed of bilateral deals. He prefers one-on-one tions against North Korea. His one-on- never had capital spending growth at that galvanise behind a message that their tend- out, in a speech that rebuked Trump, summits with adversaries like North Ko- one lovefest with Rocket Man led Russia level,” Goldman Sachs strategist David Ko- ing of the economy is good for the country. rabid nationalism led to two world wars. rea, Russia, or China, where he thinks he and China to weaken sanctions pressure stin told CNBC. Democrats want to change the subject, or To prevent a third such war, the Unit- can best their leaders (and can ignore his before Kim shows any readiness to elimi- You can find the same good feeling relitigate the question of whether Trump or ed States helped build multilateral po- briefers). nate his nukes. among small business owners. In July, a Obama should get credit. Come November litical and economic institutions. These And his fetish for unilateralism under- Moreover, as Macron rightly noted, small business optimism index from the 6, American voters will have their say. included the United Nations and the cuts the goals he set out in his UN speech. global cooperation is vital to curbing Rus- precursors to the European Union, which Let’s start with Iran, the main target sian digital warfare and Moscow’s support helped keep the peace in Europe for 70 of Trump’s wrath this week. The presi- for chemical weapons use in Syria and years. They also included NATO. dent has pulled the United States out of against its political opponents abroad. “Nationalism always leads to defeat,” the nuclear deal negotiated with Tehran (Trump barely mentioned Russia at the Macron said passionately. “If ... the in- by Washington and its European allies, United Nations.) ternational order becomes fragile ... this and endorsed by the UN Security Coun- And why would Trump start trade can lead as we have already seen twice, cil. Trump’s rationale: the deal failed to wars with European allies and China at to global war. We saw that with our very address Iran’s work on missiles or its ag- the same time when he needs a united own eyes.” gressive behaviour in the region, and had trade front to have any chance against So the “ideology of globalism” is not a sunset clause that would eliminate key Beijing? some nefarious plot by Lilliputians to trap curbs on Tehran’s nuclear programme af- Answer: Trump’s “doctrine of patriot- an American Gulliver. Not only did Wash- ter 10 to 15 years. ism” is an ego trip, drawn from his core ington create the postwar order, it has a Trump wants the European allies belief that everyone is out to take advan- veto over just about every multilateral to restore sanctions against Tehran, as tage of America. It ignores the need to group to which it belongs. Washington will do in early November. uphold international rules needed to con- The idea that such institutions exert But they have so far refused, saying (cor- front adversaries. It undercuts America’s “global domination” is the kind of non- rectly) that Iran hasn’t violated the pact’s standing as a global leader. sense that used to be propagated by nut- terms. The tittering UN audience got it. case militias that believed unmarked UN More to the point: at Trump’s request, Rather than putting America First, the “black helicopters were secretly patrol- the Europeans had been working hard on president’s speech was all about Trump. ling America as a prelude to a takeover. a second deal with Tehran, trying to ad- Perhaps this phrasing isn’t so surprising, dress Trump’s concerns. Key Trump ad- (Trudy Rubin is a columnist considering that much of Trump’s speech visers proposed giving the Europeans a and editorial-board member for was written by Stephen Miller, a xenopho- chance; had they failed, they would have the Philadelphia Inquirer. Readers bic conservative who has spearheaded the been open to restoring sanctions. may write to her at: Philadelphia president’s immigration policy. This rhet- Instead, Trump stiffed the allies and Inquirer, PO Box 8263, Philadel- oric is being fed daily to Trump’s base. went it alone. Now he must battle the phia, Pa. 19101, or by email at Yes, post-war multilateral organi- Europeans, along with China and Russia, [email protected].) Tribune News Service Remembering Soldiers & Their Demons The results of wars ripple not only across the pages of historybooks but also ripple across the lives of the soldiers who fightit

LEO RYAN | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE position at Montfaucon. The battle was He also drank. He drank a lot. He was joined in the pre-dawn hours by an in- abusive to his wife and children, so much NE hundred years ago, on Septem- tense Allied artillery bombardment. It is so that his sons and daughters would ber 26, 1918, in Northeast France, estimated that in the three hours before rarely speak his name. The wounds were the American Army began the of- the troops began their attack, more shells so deep that his youngest son, my father, fensive that would ultimately end were fired than had been used in the en- was not able to forgive the abuse until he OWorld War I and send ripples tire Civil War. What must young Thomas himself lay dying of cancer, some 40 years across 20th century history. The tip of the have thought? As the shells whistled over after Thomas’ death. spear in General John J “Black Jack” Per- his head, did he think of his parents on I have tried to learn more about my shing’s attack that day was the 79th Divi- Myrtle Avenue in Baltimore or long to be grandfather’s service, to perhaps under- sion’s 313th Infantry Regiment, otherwise driving his ice wagon through the streets stand the violence he inflicted on his fami- known as “Baltimore’s Own.” My grandfa- of his home town? I’ll never know for sure, ly. His military records were lost in a fire in ther, Thomas Gilmor Ryan, was a member but I do know what he surely didn’t: that 1973, so I may never know more fully the of that regiment. the next several hours would expose him role he played in that great battle a century I never met my grandfather. He died in to barely imaginable horror. ago. I may never know if the demons that 1950, eight years before I was born. I first The assault did not go well for the boys chased him and haunted his family were learned of his participation in the greatest from Baltimore. They were the greenest of purchased at Montfaucon. But I suspect battle of the Great War while doing genea- green, and the German troops, in addition vre from the troops on the right never would end. Henry Gunther, another boy that is so. logical research. I found a copy of the In- to commanding a view of the entire bat- materialised, and the advance of the 313th from Baltimore, would be the last soldier One hundred years later, it is worth terment Control Form for his burial in the tlefield from the top of Montfaucon, were slowed to a crawl. Young men, who only killed in the war. By early June of 1919, remembering that the results of great bat- Baltimore National Cemetery. He enlisted seasoned by long exposure to battle. Com- months earlier had watched their com- Thomas Ryan and the rest of the 313th tles ripple not only across the pages of his- on April 25, 1918, and was assigned to the munication in the Meuse-Argonne was rades in arms take on the Baltimore Ori- returned to Baltimore and were feted with tory books, they also ripple across the lives HQ Company of the 313th. After only five spotty at best, and this, combined with oles in an exhibition baseball game, were parades and banquets. On July 9 of that of the soldiers who come home damaged months of training at Fort Meade he was the slow advance of the 313th, meant that now bogged down in a killing field. Some- year, my grandfather was discharged from from the duty we ask them to perform. It is thrust into the maw of “modern” mecha- artillery support soon outpaced the troops how, Thomas Ryan survived. the Army. also worth hoping that someday, we might nised warfare in the Meuse-Argonne. on the ground. Unchecked by Allied artil- Eventually, slowly, the 313th took Thomas attempted to live what one stop asking them to perform it. In the early morning hours of the 26th, lery, the entrenched German forces rained Montfaucon. In the days and weeks that would call a normal life after his service. the 313th Infantry Regiment was assigned machine gun fire and poison gas on the followed, the Allied forces advanced stead- He married, had 10 children, and returned (Leo Ryan is an associate judge the task of taking the elevated German regiment. An expected flanking manoeu- ily, and on Nov 11, 1918, the Great War to work driving wagons and later trucks. on the District Court of Maryland.)

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United States / Europe Friday, September 28, 2018 09 Kavanaugh accuser 100% Erdogan aims to reset ties with Germany sure SC pick assaulted her on 3-day state visit Ford outlines in emotional detail her memories of ‘sexual assault’; Kavanaugh denies charges The Turkish president calls on Germany to designate Gulen network a terrorist group AFP WASHINGTON REUTERS But with Turkey's econ- BERLIN omy in crisis and Berlin reli- UNIVERSITY professor Chris- ant on Turkey both because tine Blasey Ford emotionally PRESIDENT Tayyip Er- of the three million ethnic recounted on Thursday a sexual dogan, arriving in Germany Turks who call Germany assault allegedly committed 36 for a three-day state visit, home and to contain the ref- years ago by Brett Kavanaugh, urged Berlin to designate as ugee crisis beyond Europe's President Donald Trump's a terrorist organisation the borders, both sides want to nominee for the Supreme movement of Fethullah Gu- put aside their difference. Court, saying she believed she len which Turkey blames for was going to be raped and even a 2016 coup attempt. "accidentally" killed. His call, in a newspaper Blasey Ford, 51, told a article, for Germany to join tense Senate Judiciary Com- Britain in blaming the US- mittee hearing that could based cleric for the coup, make or break Kavanaugh's highlighted the gulf Erdogan nomination she was "100 per- must bridge if he is to repair cent" certain he was the assail- strained political and com- ant and it was "absolutely not" mercial ties. Turkish President a case of mistaken identify. Germany has so far said Recep Tayyip Erdogan "I am here today not be- it needs more proof link- cause I want to be," Blasey ing the network of Gulen's With Turkey’s economy in Ford said in her opening state- supporters, which Turkey ment during which her voice labels the Gulenist Terrorist crisis and Berlin reliant on quavered at times and she ap- Organisation (FETO), to the Turkey to contain the refugee peared occasionally to be on failed attempt to overthrow crisis beyond Europe’s the verge of tears. the Turkish government. borders, both sides want to "I am terrified," she said But, as Erdogan was whisked put aside their difference. as she described the sexual through a locked-down city assault which she alleges oc- to his hotel by the Branden- "We are pursuing the curred at a high school par- burg Gate, allegations that a goal of increasing our trade ty at a suburban Maryland Berlin police officer had been and economic ties," Erdogan home in 1982. Democrats on spying on exiled dissidents wrote in an article on the web- the 21-member committee Dr Christine Blasey Ford (left), with her lawyer Michael R Bromwich, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill, in for Turkish security services site of Germany's Frankfurter praised Blasey Ford's courage Washington, on Thursday. (EPA-EFE) highlighted the two sides' Allgemeine. "For the sake of in coming forward while a sex mutual mistrust. prosperity and the future of crimes prosecutor hired by the hearing room. He is expected tion has turned into a political who is married and has two yelled, hoping that someone Germany's refusal to ex- both our countries, let us in- Republican side sought to gen- to testify later in the day and firestorm ahead of congres- children, she said Kavanaugh downstairs might hear me. tradite military officers Tur- crease our mutual interests tly poke holes in her story with has steadfastly denied the al- sional elections and is threat- and a friend of his, Mark "Brett groped me and tried key accuses of participating and reduce our problems." questions about dates. legations of sexual misconduct ening to derail Trump's push Judge, were drunk at the party to take off my clothes," she in the coup attempt, after “We have to talk with "I am here because I be- made by Blasey Ford and two to get a conservative-minded and that she was pushed into a said. "He had a hard time be- they claimed asylum, en- each other,” junior foreign lieve it is my civic duty to tell other women. majority on the court ahead of bedroom as she headed to the cause he was very inebriated. raged Ankara. Berlin is con- minister Michael Roth told you what happened to me The accusations have the November vote. bathroom. "I believed he was going to cerned about the fate of tens German radio. “There must while Brett Kavanaugh and I thrust the Trump admin- Blasey Ford, wearing "Brett and Mark came into rape me," Blasey Ford said. "I of thousands of people im- be no other country outside were in high school," Blasey istration into the #MeToo glasses and a sober dark blue the bedroom and locked the tried to yell for help. prisoned in the subsequent the European Union with Ford said. movement's harsh glare, and suit, appeared nervous but door behind them," she said. "When I did, Brett put his crackdown who included whom relations are so im- Kavanaugh, a conserva- threaten to derail a conserva- poised as she sat at the witness "I was pushed onto the bed hand over my mouth to stop dozens of German citizens. portant and yet so difficult.” tive 53-year-old appeals court tive effort to tilt the nation's table, consulting occasionally and Brett got on top of me. me from yelling," she said. judge, was not present as the highest court to the right for with her lawyer and swigging "He began running his "This is what terrified me the high-stakes session got un- years to come. from a bottle of Coca-Cola. hands over my body and most and has had the most derway in a packed committee The Kavanaugh nomina- A psychology professor grinding into me," she said. "I lasting impact on my life. News in brief Pompeo urges UNSC to keep up pressure on N Korea Murdered British lawmaker remembered in Brussels street sign DPA Pompeo announced he Pompeo told the 15-member allow Pyongyang to import actors. NEW YORK would travel to Pyongyang on council. "That's not just the 500,000 barrels a year, but Britain's Foreign Minister BRUSSELS: The city of Brussels named a square on Thursday Wednesday for denucleari- United States' position, that is between January and Septem- Jeremy Hunt echoed Pom- after Jo Cox, the British lawmaker murdered during the Brexit US Secretary of State Mike sation talks and to finalise a the world's position," Pompeo ber the rogue nuclear nation peo's calls to keep up pressure referendum campaign, in a ceremony where her family lament- Pompeo urged the internation- second summit between US added. has already obtained around on Pyongyang through sanc- ed the continued ferocity of political debate. al community to keep enforcing President Donald Trump and North Korea has already 800,000 barrels, according to tions in the meeting. Russian "After Jo was killed, it felt like there was a real hope that sanctions on North Korea until North Korean leader Kim breached the cap on refined US estimates. Foreign Minister Sergei Lav- some things would change," her sister Kim Leadbeater told a it halts its nuclear programme, Jong-un. petroleum set by the UN Se- The US has previously ac- rov and France's Jean-Yves Le gathering at the newly named "place Jo Cox" in the city centre speaking in a UN Security "The world cannot accept a curity Council last year, Pom- cused Moscow of covering up Drian were among the minis- that was attended by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Council meeting on Thursday. nuclear armed North Korea," peo said. UN restrictions sanctions violations by foreign ters in the meeting. "However," Leadbeater went on, "Over two years later, and despite many people working extremely hard to ensure that Jo's murder was not in vain, I'm sadly not at all sure that this is the case." A former campaigner for foreign aid, Cox was 41 and a US House panel to vote today on European cohesion under prominent Labour voice for keeping Britain in the European Union when she was attacked in her constituency by a man release of Trump Russia transcripts threat, says Merkel who shouted "Keep Britain independent". (REUTERS) REUTERS REUTERS ald Trump Jr, and son-in-law to provide the first public look BERLIN German cabin crew to join Ryanair strike, WASHINGTON and close adviser Jared Kush- at how some key witnesses de- nearly 250 flights to be cancelled ner, as well as Attorney Gen- scribed events such as a June RISING nationalism and a win- A US House of Representa- eral Jeff Sessions and former 9, 2016, meeting at Trump ner-take-all attitude is under- FRANKFURT am Main: German cabin crew said they would join tives committee will vote on Trump adviser Steve Bannon. Tower in New York at which mining the cohesion of Europe, pilots in Europe-wide strikes against Ryanair on Friday, as the Friday on whether to release a group of Russians offered German Chancellor Angela airline announced it would have to cancel nearly 250 flights. dozens of transcripts of inter- to provide damaging informa- Merkel said on Thursday, two The crews' union Verdi said on Thursday that after another views from its investigation of The transcripts are likely tion about Trump’s Democrat- days after US President Don- German Chancellor four rounds of negotiations with the airline, "Ryanair did not Russia and the 2016 US elec- to provide the first public ic rival at the election, Hillary ald Trump rejected globalism Angela Merkel. submit a satisfactory offer". tion, including conversations look at how some key Clinton. and touted ‘America First’ in a Travellers in Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and with senior associates of Presi- Trump Jr and Kushner United Nations speech. which Washington was instru- Italy will also be affected by Ryanair walkouts. dent Donald Trump. witnesses described events were among attendees at the Without naming Trump or mental in creating. Germany's Cockpit union had already said late Wednesday The House Intelligence of ‘Russia meddling’ during meeting with Nataliya Veseln- his nationalist, protectionist The tycoon-turned-presi- that its pilots would stage a strike in the protracted dispute. Committee is expected to the 2016 election. itskaya, a Russian lawyer with approach, Merkel told fellow dent has also questioned the The Dublin-based carrier warned on Tuesday that 190 agree to send transcripts of Kremlin ties. conservatives at an event of value of the NATO alliance, flights would be cancelled, affecting 30,000 passengers, be- the 53 interviews to the Of- Trump's fellow Republi- the Konrad Adenauer Founda- the centrepiece of transatlan- fore revising the figure downward a day later to 150 flights. fice of the Director of National Interviews with officials cans, who hold majorities in tion in Berlin that the Europe- tic security cooperation for al- After German staff announced they were joining the strike Intelligence for review before from former President Barack Congress and control the com- an Union and Germany were most seven decades. action, Ryanair increased the number again. "We have pre- they are made public, congres- Obama's administration, in- mittee, announced in March facing a watershed moment. "Perhaps the most threat- cancelled some more flights (under 100) tomorrow (Fri 28) due sional aides said on Thursday. cluding former National Se- that the panel's investigation Trump has threatened to ening development for me is to a short notice strike, called by the VC union in Germany," it That would pave the way curity Adviser Susan Rice and was over and they had found pull the United States out of that multilateralism has come tweeted. (AFP) for the public to see thousands UN Ambassador Samantha no evidence of collusion be- the World Trade Organisation under such pressure," Merkel of pages of conversations Power are also among the tween Trump's campaign and (WTO), potentially undermin- said, adding "Europe is facing with people including the transcripts. Moscow's efforts to influence ing one of the foundations of attacks from the outside and German federal Twelve face trial over president's eldest son, Don- The transcripts are likely US politics. the modern global economy, from the inside." police chief faces Portugal wildfires, kidnapping probe say prosecutors BERLIN: German prosecutors LISBON: Twelve people includ- said on Thursday they are ing three commanders of Portu- Macedonia president calls for investigating the head of the gal's civil protection agency will Hard Irish border must be avoided: Corbyn federal police for kidnapping, stand trial over the country's boycott of name referendum REUTERS after he travelled in person to worst ever wildfires which AFP in an effort to overcome a BRUSSELS Iraq to secure a rape-murder claimed 64 lives in June 2017, NEW YORK 27-year-old argument with suspect who had fled there. prosecutors said on Thursday. neighbouring Greece. THE leader of Britain's main Several people filed The accused, who face MACEDONIAN President The government in Ath- opposition Labour Party, Jer- complaints against top officer charges of negligent homicide, Gjorge Ivanov called on Thurs- ens has refused to recognise emy Corbyn, said he had told Dieter Romann, whose expe- also include three local offi- day for voters to boycott this Macedonia's name since the the EU's Brexit chief Michel dition to Iraq in spring -- ac- cials and three employees of a weekend's referendum on a Balkan country declared Barnier in talks on Thursday companied by reporters from company in charge of the main- name change, saying the coun- independence from Yugo- that Britain's withdrawal must top-selling newspaper Bild tenance of a road where some try was being asked to commit slavia in 1991, arguing that not disrupt trade across the Ire- -- caused an uproar. 50 people died in the blaze in "historical suicide." the name belongs solely to land-Northern Ireland border. He travelled to the Kurdish- the central Leiria region, the "Voting in a referendum its northern province called Corbyn, who has previ- controlled region of northern local prosecutor's office said. is a right, not an obligation," Macedonia. ously met Barnier and once Iraq to arrest a young Iraqi “This is the first time that Ivanov told the UN General Greece has blocked Mac- brought him an Arsenal foot- Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) at a press conference asylum seeker, Ali Bashar, public bodies are targeted by Assembly. "On September edonia from NATO and ball shirt as a gift, stressed after the meeting with senior EU officials, at Berlaymont building, in suspected of raping and charges of this kind," Domin- 30, I will not go out and vote the EU, although a yes vote that he was not negotiating Brussels, on Thursday. (AFP) strangling to death 14-year-old gos Xavier Viegas, coordinator and I know that you, my fel- should pave the way for entry with him on his visit to Brus- Susanna Feldman while he of an inquiry commissioned by low citizens, will make a sim- into both organisations. sels but laying out Labour's opinion on the merits of La- Corbyn said on Wednes- lived in Germany. the parliament, said. "I think ilarly wise decision." Athens has also forced views on the dangers of a no- bour's Brexit proposals - day Labour would vote against The suspect, who lived in it is important to determine Macedonians are due to go the country to use the clunky deal Brexit. which envisage Britain staying a Brexit deal based on May's refugee housing in western responsibility... this case to the polls on Sunday to vote name FYROM (Former Yu- "He (Barnier) was inter- in a customs union with the own proposals, the strongest German city Wiesbaden at the should serve as an example on whether to add "North" to goslav Republic of Macedo- ested to know what our views EU after Brexit - as opposed warning yet to a prime minis- time of the crime, fled to his and a starting point," Viegas their country's official name nia) in the UN. are," Corbyn told reporters. to those of Conservative Prime ter whose plan to leave the EU home country soon after. (AFP) added. (AFP) Barnier has offered no Minister Theresa May. is hanging by a thread. 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The US-Qatar bilateral trade volume reached $24 billion in the last five years: Minister MINISTER of Economy and Commerce Sheikh Ahmed TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK bin Jassim bin Mohammed al DOHA Thani met with Vice Chairman of Nasdaq OMX Group Meyer MINISTER of Economy and "Sandy" Frucher in New York Commerce HE Sheikh Ahmed on Thursday. bin Jassim bin Mohammed The meeting took place on al Thani shed light on Qatar- the sideline of Qatar's partici- US trade growth, saying that pation in the 73rd General As- the latter is one of the biggest sembly of the United Nations and most important strategic in New York, the economy trading partners of Qatar. ministry said in a statement. The bilateral trade volume The meeting discussed on reached $24 billion in the last enhancing cooperation be- five years, with a surplus in tween Qatar Stock Exchange favour of US at 84 percent, he (QSE) and Nasdaq, with the added. goal of developing the local fi- The Minister of Economy nancial market. and Commerce was speaking They also discussed the at a roundtable meeting or- challenges that could face Sheikh Ahmed said that ganised by the Business Coun- global financial markets in the two sides can enhance cil for International Under- the next five years, and ways cooperation by benefiting standing at the Harvard Club, to expand Qatar Exchange's from Nasdaq’s expertise in on the sidelines of Qatar's markets. the field of collecting and participation in the 73rd ses- The Minister of Economy sion General Assembly of the Minister of Economy and Commerce HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed al Thani speaks at a roundtable meeting at Harvard Club on and Commerce stressed Qa- exchanging information United Nations in New York. Thursday. tar's commitment to develop- and dual listing of ETFs Sheikh Ahmed highlight- ing the financial market. ed the size of Qatari invest- ments witnessed by Qatar in country's trade balance which nomic policies adopted by He said Qatari market mitted to transparency and ments in the US, which ex- light of the geopolitical and recorded a surplus of 49 per- the state contributed to in- could benefit from the experi- good governance for all its ceeded $45 billion, equivalent economic changes at the re- cent. creasing the contribution of ences of international finan- listed companies, in addition to 23 percent of Qatar's GDP. gional and global levels, not- Qatar Airways has allocated "All these positive eco- non-oil sectors in the GDP to cial exchanges such as Nas- to developing the infrastruc- He said that Qatar Air- ing that the state achieved $92 billion to support the nomic indicators confirm that about 51.8 percent last year. daq. ture of the Qatari financial ways allocated $92 billion to positive growth rates last US economy by buying 332 Qatar has overcome the un- Sheikh Ahmed said after Sheikh Ahmed said that markets, the minister noted. support the US economy by year. airplanes, which will provide just blockade imposed on it. blockade Qatar worked on up- the two sides can enhance co- Sheikh Ahmed also met buying 332 airplanes, which He said GDP at constant- "The indicators also dating its direct trade routes operation by benefiting from with CEO of AOT Group Mike will provide 527,000 direct prices grew at 1.6 percent, 527,000 direct and indirect proved the country's success with a number of strategic Nasdaq's expertise in the field Mansfield and discussed the and indirect job opportuni- noting that many internation- job opportunities in enhancing its competi- ports and turned them into of collecting and exchanging scope of enhancing coop- ties. al reports highlighted Qatar's HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim tiveness, thus supporting its main trading partners. information and dual listing eration in many fields. They He also noted that the performance. position as an attractive des- The state also sought to of ETFs. also shed light on the invest- number of US companies op- Citing World Bank re- bin Mohammed al Thani tination for US investments," benefit from the excellent He called on enhancing ment opportunities the Qatari erating in Qatar were 650, 117 ports, Sheikh Ahmed said Qa- Sheikh Ahmed pointed out. business environment and the partnership between Qatar economy provides, in addition of which were wholly owned tar's GDP is expected to rise growth reaching 16 percent He noted that the Qatari the available investment op- Exchange and Nasdaq in the to the initiatives launched by by the US entities. to 2.8 percent in 2018. last year. economy is mainly depend- portunities to establish a de- field of developing financial Qatar to support the private Sheikh Ahmed spoke He said Qatar's foreign Qatari exports rose 18 per- ent on the oil and gas sector, veloped aerial fleet through instruments and marketing. sector and attract foreign about the economic develop- trade is witnessing significant cent, and is reflected in the despite the fact that the eco- Qatar Airways, he added. Qatar Exchange is com- investment.

Quick read Qatar Central Bank Japan, US agree to negotiate FTA ‘India will continue hikes deposit interest rate to 2.25 percent AFP But Trump, who became a NEW YORK business celebrity in the 1980s to buy Iranian oil’ QATAR Central Bank (QCB) when Japan's economic mira- announced on Thursday that it JAPAN agreed on Wednesday cle looked unstoppable, has REUTERS Iran's Foreign Affairs Min- has decided to raise its QCB to negotiate a trade pact with grumbled about the US trade NEW DELHI ister Mohammad Javad Zarif Deposit Rate (QCBDR) by 25 the United States, easing fears deficit with Japan. met his Indian counterpart, Su- basis points to 2.25 percent, that President Donald Trump He recently told The Wall INDIA is committed to buying shma Swaraj, in New York on based on local and international would zero in on the US ally for Street Journal that while he Iranian oil and continuing the the sidelines of United Nation economic data. The QCB said in his next tariff offensive. had good relations with Japan, two nations' economic coopera- General Assembly, according to a statement obtained by Qatar Japanese Prime Minister "Of course, that will end as soon tion, the Iranian foreign minis- a video from news agency ANI, News Agency (QNA) that QCB’s Shinzo Abe and Trump, meet- as I tell them how much they ter said after a meeting with his a Reuters affiliate. decision to raise QCBDR comes ing on the sidelines of the an- have to pay." Indian counterpart and ahead "Our Indian friends have al- in line with the US Federal nual UN General Assembly ses- Speaking as he announced of US sanctions aimed at halt- ways been categorical in terms Reserve’s decision, to raise the sion, said they would open talks the trade negotiations with ing Tehran's oil exports. of their intention to continue key interest rate by 25 basis on goods with a view to build- Abe, Trump said: "Japan is very US President Donald economic cooperation and points (0.25 percentage point), ing freer trade. smart. Great negotiators. And, Trump's May withdrawal from (the) import of oil from Iran. to a range of 2 to 2.25 percent. In a joint statement, Trump Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) with US President Donald you know, up until now, they've an international nuclear pact And I heard the same statement The Qatari riyal is pegged to the and Abe pledged to "refrain Trump in New York on Wednesday. (AFP) done very well, and they'll con- with Iran was followed up with from my Indian counterpart," US dollar at a fixed exchange from taking measures against tinue to do very well." plans to impose new sanctions Zarif said when asked if India rate since 1980. (QNA) the spirit" of their understand- clause, of which Trump has be- mutual trade and investment." Trump this week slapped against the third-largest pro- has given an assurance about ing for as long as negotiations come fond, that allows Wash- Abe formed an early bond $200 billion of tariffs on China, ducer among the Organization continuing with oil imports. go on. Abe, addressing report- ington to restrict imports due to with Trump after the real estate which also has a large trade of the Petroleum Exporting India, Iran's second-biggest al khaliji board to ers afterward, said Japan un- concerns over national security. tycoon's unexpected election surplus with the United States, Countries (OPEC). oil client behind China, has al- meet on Oct 23 to derstood that the agreement "We must not set the hands victory, with the two leaders and on Wednesday he bluntly Washington is pushing al- ready reduced its intake of Ira- disclose Q3 results meant the United States would of the clock backward," Abe since chatting more than two said that his onetime friendship lies to cut Iranian oil imports to nian oil but has not yet decided not take any action under so- said, calling instead for the two dozen times on the telephone, with Chinese President Xi Jin- zero once the sanctions start on whether to end purchases com- AL Khalij Commercial Bank (al called Section 232 – a US legal countries to "reinvigorate our according to officials. ping could be over. November 4. pletely. khaliji) announced on Thursday that its board of directors will meet on October 23 to approve and disclose Q3 2018 results. Amazon opens ‘4-star’ retail store in New York Exchange rate AFP but Amazon 4-Star is a new Amazon Go grocery stores Currency buy QR sell QR NEW YORK concept that offers a variety of The brick-and-mortar out- that operate without cashiers, US Dollar 3.6315 3.6500 goods in different categories. with purchases automatically AMAZON opened a new retail "We created Amazon let in New York’s trendy scanned and billed to custom- Euro 4.2348 4.3745 store in New York on Thurs- 4-Star to be a place where cus- Soho neighbourhood will er accounts. Pound Sterling 4.7412 4.8856 day selling a range of products tomers can discover products sell consumer electronics, Mariana Garavaglia, head Indian Rupee 0.0496 0.0509 that get top ratings from cus- they will love," a company kitchen, home, toys, books of Amazon's store and retail tomers of the online colossus. statement said. operations, was on site for the Pakistani Rupee 0.0000 0.0297 and games, and chose The brick-and-mortar "Amazon 4-Star's selec- only the products that opening but declined to com- Philippine Peso 0.0662 0.0684 outlet in New York's trendy tion is a direct reflection of ment on plans to expand this Soho neighbourhood will our customers -- what they're customers have rated 4 Sri Lankan Rupee 00000 0.0223 concept. sell consumer electronics, buying and what they're lov- stars and above, or are "Today we're just focused Bangladeshi Taka 00000 0.0440 kitchen, home, toys, books ing." top sellers, or are new and on this launch," she said. Nepalese Rupee 0.0000 0.0321 and games, and "chose only Amazon, one of the trending’ The new store, she added, the products that customers world's most valuable compa- fills a need for customers. Japanese Yen 0.0325 0.0336 have rated 4 stars and above, nies whose growth has made "There are some areas Kuwaiti Dinar 11.905 12.177 or are top sellers, or are new founder Jeff Bezos the world's some additional merchan- where customers have told us Saudi Riyal 0.9570 0.9791 and trending," Amazon said in richest person, has been in dise. And it has acquired the they really appreciate the op- a statement. recent years moving increas- grocery chain Whole Foods, portunity to have a physical Omani Riyal 9.2560 9.5740 Amazon has previously ingly to physical stores. which has several hundred place where they can really UAE Dirham 0.9770 0.9975 opened physical stores that It has opened more than stores. play with our products and in- Customers at Amazon’s new store where everything for sale is rated Bahraini Dinar 9.5610 9.7650 sell books, and has had pop- a dozen Amazon Books stores Amazon has also intro- teract with our products in the 4 stars and above, in New York on Thursday. (AFP) up outlets in some locations, that sell top-selling titles and duced a handful of concept right environment," she said. Source: www.dohabank.com.qa www.guide.com.qa  Friday, September 28, 2018

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AFP utive Board were involved WASHINGTON in facilitating and directing Goods trade millions of dollars in cor- deficit widens US and Brazilian authori- rupt payments to politicians ties have fined Brazil's state and political parties in Bra- 5.3% in August oil giant Petrobras more zil, and members of Petro- than $853 million for cov- bras's Board of Directors REUTERS ering up bribes to Brazil- were also involved in facili- WASHINGTON ian politicians and politi- tating bribes that a major cal parties, the US Justice Petrobras contractor was NEW orders for key US-made Department announced on paying to Brazilian politi- capital goods fell in August Thursday. cians," the statement said. after four straight months of Petrobras executives As part of the agree- strong gains, while shipments at "the highest levels," in- ment announced Thursday, barely rose, but that will prob- cluding board members, Petrobras agreed to contin- ably not change expectations orchestrated hundreds of ue cooperating with in any of solid growth in business millions in bribes "and then continuing investigations spending on equipment in the cooked the books to conceal third quarter. the bribe payments from in- Other data on Thursday vestors and regulators," US showed the goods trade deficit Assistant Attorney General widening sharply last month, Brian Benczkowski said in a driven by declining exports statement. and rising imports. But whole- Brazilian authorities Corruption sale and retail inventories in- will receive 80 percent of creased strongly, which should the fine, with the remain- Petrobras executives at help to offset some of the an- der will be collected by the ‘the highest levels,’ ticipated drag from trade on Justice Department and the including board members, economic growth in the third Securities and Exchange orchestrated hundreds of quarter. Commission. millions in bribes ‘and then The Commerce Depart- The actions the com- cooked the books to ment said orders for non- pany admitted to occurred conceal the bribe defense capital goods exclud- while Petrobras was traded payments from investors ing aircraft, a closely watched on the New York Stock Ex- proxy for business spending change, giving US authori- and regulators,’ US plans, dropped 0.5 percent last ties jurisdiction over the Assistant Attorney General month as demand for comput- alleged crimes, the Justice Brian Benczkowski said ers and electronic products as Department said. well motor vehicles ebbed. Prosecutors say a Petro- The so-called core capital bras executive directed pay- into the matter, including goods orders rose 1.5 percent ments to stop a Brazilian actions taken by individu- in July. Economists polled by parliamentary inquiry into als, and to make changes to Reuters had forecast orders for company contracts. its internal compliance pro- these goods rising 0.4 percent The executive also al- gramme. last month. Core capital goods legedly funneled bribes The settlement an- orders increased 7.4 percent from company contractors nounced Thursday involved on a year-on-year basis. Washing machines, dryers and other appliances are seen for sale at a Lowe’s home improvement store in Washington on Thursday. (AFP) into the campaign of an a "non-prosecution agree- Shipments of core capital unnamed Brazilian politi- ment," meaning no charges goods edged up 0.1 percent duties on $60 billion worth yields were little changed. of industrial supplies and mo- ever, continued to point to a cian who had power over will be brought against last month after jumping 1.1 of US products. The United The Commerce Depart- tor vehicles last month. tightening labour market. where Petrobras could the company. Prosecutors percent in July. Core capital States and China had already ment confirmed in a second Imports of goods increased Initial claims for state build refineries. may separately take action goods shipments are used to imposed tariffs on $50 billion report on Thursday that the 0.7 percent to $213.7 billion in unemployment benefits rose Petrobras admitted against individuals. calculate equipment spending worth of each other's goods. economy grew at a 4.2 percent August, driven by motor ve- 12,000 to a seasonally ad- some executives funneled More than 40 countries in the government's gross do- While manufacturers have annualised rate in the second hicles, consumer and other justed level of 214,000 for the payments to politicians and including the United States mestic product measurement. expressed concerns about the quarter. That was the fastest in goods. week ended September 22. political parties, and that have criminalised paying With business confidence tariffs, which are contributing nearly four years and almost The expected drag from Claims fell to 202,000 dur- the company failed to keep bribes abroad to win busi- at multi-year highs, in part to bottlenecks in the supply double the 2.2 percent pace set the trade deficit could be partly ing the week ended Sept. 15, accurate books and records ness, which authorities say buoyed by a $1.5 trillion tax chain, there are so far no indi- in the first quarter. offset by increased investment which was the lowest level about property and equip- defrauds investors while cut package, August's surprise cations that the trade tensions Growth forecasts for the in inventories. Wholesale in- since November 1969. ment, as required by law. promoting corruption and drop in core capital goods or- are having a big impact on the July-September quarter are ventories jumped 0.8 percent Economists polled by Reu- Executives also falsely political instability. ders is likely to be temporary. economy. above a 3 percent rate. A third in August and stocks at retail- ters had forecast claims rising certified Petrobras financial In a related matter, There are, however, fears that The Federal Reserve raised report from the Commerce ers rose 0.7 percent. to 210,000 in the latest week. statements to the US Secu- Petrobras agreed to pay an escalating trade war be- interest rates on Wednesday Department showed the goods Other data on Thursday Hurricane Florence lashed rities and Exchange Com- $933.5 million to the SEC tween the United States and for the third time this year. trade deficit rose $3.8 billion from the Labour Department parts of the South last week, mission even while they to return ill-gotten gains, China could hurt confidence Chairman Jerome Powell told to $75.8 billion in August. showed the number of Ameri- causing flooding and sending were personally involved in but this sum will be reduced and undercut both consumer reporters that this was "a par- Exports of goods fell 1.6 cans filing for unemployment people into emergency shel- the bribery. by the amount of any pay- and business spending. ticularly bright moment" for percent to $137.9 billion, benefits increased more than ters. "According to Petro- ments made in a class ac- Washington on Monday the economy. weighed down by a 9.5 percent expected last week likely as The Labour Department bras's admissions ... mem- tion lawsuit by investors slapped tariffs on $200 bil- The dollar was trading plunge in shipments of food, Hurricane Florence temporar- reported an increase in unad- bers of the Petrobras Exec- filed in New York. lion worth of Chinese goods, higher against a basket of cur- feeds and beverages. There ily displaced some workers. justed claims for South and with Beijing retaliating with rencies, while US Treasury were also declines in exports The underlying trend, how- North Carolina last week. UK car production falls 13% in August Does OPEC set high crude prices? AFP Petroleum Exporting Countries for regular meetings to assess precious revenues of its mem- "Saudi Arabia, the group's REUTERS dustry racing to recertify entire LONDON – which comprises 15 mem- the state of supply and demand bership. kingpin, has been unofficially LONDON model ranges to meet tougher ber nations from Africa, the in the marketplace, and its Most recently, the cartel targeting an oil price between testing standards in force on OPEC, the powerful Vienna- Middle East and Latin America pronouncements still have the joined forces with ten non- $70-$80 per barrel and this is BRITISH car production fell September 1." based oil producing cartel, – pumps about 40 percent of ability to spark major swings. OPEC producers including where we find the current state by an annual 12.9 percent in The tougher new World- stands accused by US Presi- global oil supplies. Prices rebounded this week Russia to curb their collective of play," noted Brennock. August, the third consecutive wide Harmonised Light Ve- dent Donald Trump of inflat- The grouping was origi- after OPEC and non-OPEC output in late 2016. OPEC pledged in June drop in a row, due to model hicle Test Procedure (WLTP) ing crude prices and hurting nally formed in 1960 with five members meeting in Algiers The move was largely to to boost oil production to changeovers and preparations became mandatory from the consumers. members: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, expressed satisfaction over a counter surging shale en- meet growing global demand, for new, tougher emissions start of September, forcing cer- Benchmark Brent oil Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. "healthy balance between sup- ergy production in the United despite the prospect of fresh rules, a car industry body said tain carmakers to halt deliver- soared this week to a four-year The cartel currently also ply and demand". States, a key factor which had US sanctions on Iran's crude on Thursday. ies and change plans regarding peak above $82 per barrel, comprises Qatar, Libya, United Over the last ten years or helped push Brent oil under exports. Output stood at 89,254 some models that had yet to prompting Trump to urge Arab Emirates, Algeria, Ni- so, experts say that OPEC's $30 per barrel earlier that OPEC is constrained by units last month, driven down have re-certified for emissions. OPEC to stop "ripping off" the geria, Ecuador, Angola, Gabon, grip on the market has nev- year. the very low amount of spare by a nearly 40 percent drop in The car industry is also world with high fuel prices. Equatorial Guinea and Congo. ertheless weakened due to "Prior to the 2016 out- capacity to increase output in production for domestic buy- concerned that any loss of free Despite the bump higher, The institution's objective, booming US shale production, put pact, OPEC found itself a tight market -- which already ers compared with a 4 percent and unfettered trade after Brit- oil remains far below record according to its website, is "to strong Russian output, and the playing second fiddle to the faces threats from unplanned fall in exports, according to the ain's exit from the European peaks of above $147 struck in coordinate and unify petro- rise of renewable energy. US shale boom," noted PVM outages, low investment levels Society of Motor Manufactur- Union next year could hit sales 2008, before the global eco- leum policies among member "There is no question that analyst Stephen Brennock. and unpredictable geopolitical ers and Traders. and output, especially if poli- nomic downturn sparked a countries in order to secure fair OPEC's share of world oil The so-called OPEC+ unrest. "The quieter summer ticians fail to strike an agree- collapse in demand. and stable prices for petroleum production – and therefore its group agreed a milestone deal "Everyone is waking up months are often subject to ment. The oil price has, however, producers". power – has gone down over to trim production from Janu- to the reality that its ability to fluctuations due to the variable "With exports, the majority almost tripled since early 2016. OPEC, which has been the past decade," Riccardo Fa- ary 2017 by 1.8 million barrels bring additional volumes when timing and duration of annual to the EU, continuing to drive So what is the role of this based in Vienna since 1965, biani, analyst for consultancy a day to clear a global oil glut. needed is severely curtailed maintenance and re-tooling demand, it underscores the influential institution which rose to prominence in 1973 Energy Aspects, told AFP. The strategy has worked to by outages, a lack of invest- shutdowns," said Chief Execu- importance of a Brexit agree- wields so much power over a when Arab members organised OPEC has acted repeatedly some extent, with Brent prices ment and political instability tive Mike Hawes. ment to safeguard this trade; commodity that greases the an oil embargo against Israel- to influence the price of crude jumping from below $50 a affecting operations in several "This instability was exac- for our sector, 'no deal' is not wheels of the world economy? supporting Western nations. oil via collective production barrel in late 2016 to the cur- producing countries," noted erbated in August, with the in- an option," said Hawes. The Organisation of the The institution convenes targets, in order to protect the rent level of about $80. Fabiani. Real Madrid, Barcelona fall to humiliating La Liga defeats PAGE 15

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A grand view of the iconic Khalifa International Stadium, the venue of the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championship. The stadium in Doha hosted the one year countdown to the championship event on Thursday. (PHOTOGRAPHS: HANSON K JOSEPH) One year countdown to the IAAF World Championships begins; colourful logo and ticket options plan for the event launched

RAAJIV TRIPATHI you are an organiser, you will always that a lot has been built. But at the DOHA have people who have a different “We are ready to answer any- same time a lot of barriers and per- opinion. But you have to be reason- thing. Our objective is to make ceptions of Arab women in sport THE organisers of the IAAF World able and open to them when you are this edition a successful, an need changing. Definite progress Athletics Championships Doha answering these questions. exceptional one and to leave a has been made with new role mod- 2019 celebrated the one year count- “The reason why we had this legacy for Qatar and athletics els emerging all the time, but these down with the launch of the event’s press conference in the stadium is (at large),” said Hamad invisible barriers still exist. Every vibrant logo and ticketing plan at to prove to the people about what is woman who participates in the first the iconic Khalifa International Sta- going on. The media play a big role IAAF World Athletics Champion- dium here on Thursday. in this and that’s why we wanted you Qatar, the region and the world. ship hosted in the Middle East can The championships are sched- to feel it. “To have such an ambition re- inspire change and encourage more uled here from September 27 to Oc- “We are not going to give you quires innovative, creative and bold girls to participate in sport at any tober 6, 2019. textual information, but we’d rather thinking. That is why an exciting level or consider a career trackside The venue, which will also hold have you feel it. We are ready to an- new schedule exists with new for- in branding, marketing or more. the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar swer anything. Our objective is to mats. That’s why this stadium has “Real change will only be possi- matches, has already been func- make this edition a successful, an cooling technology and why we ble by ensuring as many young girls tional since last year with its in- exceptional one and to leave a lega- want our young athletes and our lo- are in the stadium as boys to witness novative facilities and sustainable cy for Qatar and athletics (at large),” IAAF World Athletics Championships Local Organising Committee Vice-President cal community to experience it live the performances of world champi- cooling technology, playing host to added the local organsing commit- Dahlan al Hamad and Sheikha Asma al Thani, Director of Marketing and for themselves. That’s why we will on athletes through their own eyes. international and domestic football tee vice-president. Communications for the championships during a press conference in Doha on introduce a midnight marathon. All And as an organising committee we matches from time to time. Also present on the occasion Thursday. these developments take imagina- will be doing all we can to make that “We’re ready,” Vice-President were Sheikha Asma al Thani, Direc- tion but stem from a single goal of happen,” she added. and Director General of the IAAF tor of Marketing and Communica- dium air-conditioning technology, “Qatar is a young and ambi- enhancing athletics worldwide,” he The ticketing programme was World Athletics Championships Lo- tions for the championships, 400m which will guarantee optimal con- tious nation. We hope that seeing is added. also unveiled and will offer a big cal Organising Committee and Vice hurdles sensation Abderrahman ditions for athletes and fans alike believing and as you can see today By committing to connect the range of tickets options to fans President of the IAAF Dahlan al Ha- Samba, promising young sprinter while also being sustainable. The we are ready to deliver upon our world of athletics, Doha is deter- which will allow them to follow mad announced. Mariam Farid and various officials. Global Sustainability Assessment promises, from our stadium to our mined to further accelerate the their champion, sit in traditional With some sections in the world For four days, the organising System (GSAS) certified stadium airport, our infrastructure to accom- growth of women’s athletics across Arab cushioned Majlis seating or making futile attempt after attempt committee took the IAAF through will hold the 2019 Asian Athletics modation and our world-famous the region by changing perceptions. choose finish line seats. Tickets are to malign the tiny but highly ambi- their detailed plans, played host to Championships in April 2019, the hospitality. Everything is in place The logo for the championships was priced at 14 EURO/ QR60. Family tious nation in whatever ways pos- team leaders and coaches from 30 official test event for the worlds later including a growing excitement and also revealed for the first time at the and group discounts are also avail- sible, the organisers said their prime nations. Those present had a first- in the year. energy amongst the local commu- event, and is the creation of a local, able for those looking to purchase objective of today’s event is to make hand experience of the unique track Hamad said, “Today is a very nity. all-female branding team. The logo bulk tickets. Fans locally and glo- people believe what they actually and weather conditions the innova- important day in our preparations. “In hosting the first-ever IAAF hopes to capture the attention of bally may register their interest in see, besides sharing the joy of start- tive cooling system will offer to ath- Ready to be gracious hosts. Ready World Athletics Championships in young people so that they are moti- tickets via https://iaafworldathlet- ing the countdown to the Middle letes and fans. to connect the world of athletics. the Middle East, we have a shared vated to choose athletics. icschamps.com/doha2019/tickets East’s first IAAF flagship champion- Track temperatures were set to Ready to inspire a new generation vision and commitment in partner- Commenting on the opportunity to ensure they receive information, ship. a pleasant 24-26 Degrees Celsius and ready to welcome athletes and ing with the IAAF, to grow partici- for women, Sheikha Asma added: alerts and reminders for when tick- “It is normal in the life. When courtesy of the revolutionary in-sta- fans from all corners of the world. pation of this wonderful sport across “Looking around, it is easy to see ets go on sale in November.

Key point New formats of 2019 worlds to ‘Proud to feel two Qataris are chasing world records’ appeal to fans: Coe RAAJIV TRIPATHI amongst the greatest moments of DOHA: International Association of Athletics Federations DOHA my career. President Sebastian Coe is hoping to give bigger boost “I’m also excited to show my to the sport through innovative 2019 World Champion- QATAR’S hurdles hurricane Ab- fellow athletes from all corners of ships in Doha. derrahman Samba feels proud the world what we can offer in not Commenting on the one year countdown and the that high jump star Mutaz Essa only world-class hospitality and long association between Qatar and the sport, he said Barshim and he are in hot pur- facilities, but also the talent we in a press release, “Qatar has been hosting official IAAF suit of the world records in their have coming through the ranks. events for over 21 years and in the organising com- respective events. “In turn the world’s best will mittee, we have a trusted partner who is committed to “It is proud to feel that both help myself and Team Qatar delivering a World Athletics Championship which makes Barshim and I are second best athletes inspire the next genera- a real difference to the world of athletics. in our events right now. Both of tion to take to the track for the “With a year to go it is important the foundations us will focus next season on the first time - it will be a defining are in place, so the final year can be spent testing facili- world records, win events and moment for all Team Qatar ath- ties, systems and services. This is where we are now try to bring glory for our coun- letes,” Samba said. and there is a clear plan for testing. try, especially in the IAAF World Qatar’s 400m hurdles wonder Abderrahman Samba and promising sprinter Mariyam Farid during the countdown IAAF Vice-President Dahlan "The fact that this is our first championship in the Championships),” Samba said event of the 2019 IAAF World Championship in Doha on Thursday. al Hamad also heaped praise on Middle East is hugely exciting. It means we can and on the sidelines of the event to the Qatar Athletics Federation should do things differently and provides an opportunity start one year countdown to the process, he lowered the record of While reflecting on the sea- step finish. “I tried it during the for having two athletes bidding to to reconsider what is possible in terms of new formats worlds. the American legend Ed Moses son, he said, “It was a good sea- season. But it needs a lot of ef- become the world record holder. to appeal to spectators in the stadium or viewers Though Barshim could not too. son for me. I had done well in the forts physically. If I’ve to get the “The QAF is working in sync with around the world. finish the season as he would “The coach had asked me to camp in South Africa. I expected world record, I’ll have to do it. the IAAF and the results are en- “We are encouraged by what we have seen over this have wanted as he had injured keep myself around 47.5 but that to go fast and the world record When I go back to the camp, I’ll couraging. There are three young last week and look forward to working with athletes, his ankle and recovering, Samba time (in the Paris meet), I think, has always been in my mind. But plan with my coach and see how athletes in Barshim, Samba and member federations and partners to deliver an out- went on to create a massive buzz was a gift from God to me. I’ll try I never thought of going below I can do it.” (Abdalelah) Haroun who will be standing World Athletics Championships one year from across the globe with his sen- to go faster next season. It is a big 46. Two moments of the season The young Qatari hurdler in the spotlight next season. today,” he added. sational bursts over the one lap motivation for me to work hard- – when I clocked 47.9 and 46.9 was delighted to be present at “Both Barshim and Samba Access is a key focus for all involved especially fans hurdles. er and see where I can go from – were the best of the season for the countdown event. “My heart could achieve the world record travelling to Qatar with direct flights from over 110 des- He capped his efforts being here,” he added. me. is already racing and the adrena- any time next season. I feel that tinations. Once in Qatar, the stadium is located only 15 the second quickest man after Briefly in the season, he lost “Now the season is over and line is pumping just by standing they (QAF) are going in the right minutes from Doha’s downtown area of West Bay and US hurdler Kevin Young when the world lead honour to Ameri- I’m relaxing,” he added. on the track. To compete in a sta- direction and we’re so happy sits in the middle of the world-renowned sporting centre he clocked 46.98 in the Paris can runner Rai Benjamin but he Samba is thinking actively to dium of this significance in front about the growth of the sport in Aspire Zone. (TNN) Diamond League in June. In the wrested it back. continue his efforts to achieve 13- of my family and nation will be Qatar.” 14 Friday, September 28, 2018 Sports QNB Stars League 2018 Under-strength Bangla aim to upset India in final today Tamim, Shakib on injury list, to miss Asia Cup title clash

AFP hundreds in the tournament, DUBAI a factor Mashrafe feels makes them favourites. BANGLADESH captain "India are far better team Mashrafe Mortaza called on (than us)," said Mashrafe. his players to ignore the ab- "They are coming here as the sence of veteran stars Tamim favourites so we have to be Iqbal and Shakib al Hasan mentally strong and fight till when they face defending the last ball." champions India in Friday's Bangladesh have beaten Asia Cup final. India in only five of 34 one- Bangladesh upset Pakistan day internationals but one of by 37 runs in the last Super them came in the 2012 Asia Four match in Abu Dhabi to Cup on their way to the final book a place in the final for when they lost to Pakistan by just the second time. two runs. Without their established India beat Bangladesh in opener Tamim (fractured the first Super Four game by wrist) - injured after the first seven wickets in Dubai in the game - and world class all- current edition. rounder Shakib (fractured fin- Bangladesh will look to ger), the Tigers will pin their their former captain Mush- hopes on younger players to fiqur Rahim to lift their bat- shock the six-time champions. ting, like he did in the win "It will be tough without against Sri Lanka with a bat- Tamim and Shakib," admitted tling 144 and against Pakistan Mortaza on Thursday. when he hit 99. "The good thing is that the Left-arm paceman Mus- boys have fought very hard so tafizur Rahman is in good I hope they fight till the last wicket-taking form, claiming Xavi Hernandez of Al Sadd vies for the ball with Ahmed Doozandeh of Qatar Sports Club during a QNB Stars League match on Thursday. ball and give us a win which 4-43 against Pakistan. will inspire the whole nation." "We know they're a com- With their powerful bat- petitive side," said Dhawan of ting line up, led by skipper Bangladesh. "Hats off to them, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar the way they played and won Five-star Sadd rout QSC; Dhawan, India start as favour- against Pakistan. When you ites. They thrashed arch-rivals play all-round cricket, the re- Pakistan in two matches to get sults will follow." closer to another title. Dhawan admitted, how- Sharma has notched a ever, that many fans had been hundred and two half centu- expecting an India-Pakistan Al Duhail edge Ahli 2-1 ries while Dhawan has two final. Xavi scores sublime goal direct from free-kick; Gharafa take on pointless Al Kharaityat today Struggling Amir axed IKOLI VICTOR Arabi broke the deadlock in DOHA the 30th minute with a thump- ing header to give Al Duhail FORMER champions Al Sadd the lead. The striker doubled for Australia Tests eased to a 5-1 romp over Qatar his side’s lead six minutes later AFP four Tests. Sports Club to maintain their with a finish from close range; LAHORE Chief selector Inzamam-ul- lead at the top of the QNB Stars Brazilian provided the assist Haq said the team was selected League on Thursday. for the Moroccan. PAKISTAN on Thursday left keeping in mind the conditions Hamid Ismail opened the Ahli’s best chance in the out struggling pace spearhead in the UAE, where Pakistan floodgates in the 13th minute game was cleared off the line. Mohammad Amir from the had been forced to play their and seven minutes later, Bagh- Ali Farydoon’s goal-bound 17-member squad for the two- home matches since 2009. dad Bounedjah made it 2-0. shot was sent to safety by Lu- match Test series against Aus- "The team has been select- Akram Afif added the third cas Mendes before substitute tralia, starting in United Arab ed keeping in mind the condi- just before the half-hour mark Mohsen Yazidi cut the deficit. Emirates next month. tions of the UAE. Amir has and Xavi Hernandez scored It was a dominating per- The 26-year-old fast bowl- been dropped on lack of form the fourth in the 58th minute formance from the champions er, who returned from a five- and Wahab Riaz and Mir Ham- before Ahmed Sayyar com- but again the goals are not year ban for match-fixing in za comes in the side. pleted the thrashing in the coming in. Rather they have January 2016, had a wicket- "We have three spinners added time. Cameroonian star given away five goals in their less Asia Cup in which he was Yasir, Shadab and Asif who Samuel Eto’o scored Qatar SC’s last three matches. dropped for two matches. are in the squad keeping in consolation goal in the 40th On Friday, Al Gharafa will Pakistan crashed out of the view the UAE wickets," said minute. take on Al Kharaitiyat, while Asia Cup after losing to Bang- Inzamam. The match will be a big- Gharafa is coming off two suc- ladesh, who meet India in the The first Test starts in Du- morale booster for Al Sadd cessive losses, Al Kharaitiyat final in Dubai on Friday. bai from October 7 while the ahead of their AFC Champi- has not tasted success so far Pakistan will heavily rely second is in Abu Dhabi from ons League semi-final against Youssef El Arabi of Al Duhail celebrates his goal against Al Ahli. this season, let alone collect a on their ace leg-spinner Yasir October 16. Iran’s Persepolis next month. point. Shah who played a key role in Both teams will also play The result meant Al Sadd kick taken by Xavi from the left pass from Xavi for his eighth Barsham. Al Gharafa has only seven the 2-0 win over Australia in three Twenty20 internationals, kept the lead with 16 points. and the ball rolled past the wall of the season, with the mid- points from six games and will the UAE in 2014, when he took the squads for which will be an- Holders Al Duhail, who edged for the right back defender to fielder himself scoring with a Rally by Duhail be hope to secure more points 12 wickets. nounced later. Al Ahli 2-1 in the day’s early slam it into the net. direct free-kick later. Defending champions Al at this stage if they are to push Besides Yasir the squad has Sarfraz Ahmed will lead the kick-off, also have the same Bounedjah made it two Ahmed Sayyar rounded off Duhail conceded a goal for for a top-four finish. Kharaiti- 19-year-old leg-spinner Shad- side against Australia. number of points but are be- with a perfect shot when Ab- the scoring slotting home a re- the third game running in the yat badly seeks some points ab Khan and 33-year-old off- hind on goal difference. dulkarim Hassan provided the bound just seconds before the closing minutes of their clash in order to stay away from the spinner Bilal Asif, who has yet SQUAD: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam- Bounedjah missed from assist. It was the 14th strike of final whistle. with Al Ahli, a lapse coach Na- danger zone. to play a Test match but played ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Usman the spot in the early minutes of the season by the league's top- Eto’o scored his goal for bil Maaloul promised to rec- Umm Salal and Al Khor three one-day internationals in Salahuddin, Yasir Shah, Shadab Khan, Bilal Asif, the game but Hamed’s opening scorer. the Kings with a fine strike just tify. will involve in Friday’s second 2015. Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Faheem goal came as a result of a free- Akram found the net off a inside the box past Meshaal Top striker Youssef El fixture at Al Gharafa Stadium. Shadab has eight wickets in Ashraf, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan. Younousse, Tijan canter into Asian beach v’ball final just want to maintain our level RESULTS The Qatari players target a clean and the way we played today when we go up against them in QUARTER-FINALS sweep of continental titles the final. We will try our best to Ageba/Nishimura (JPN) lost to Salemi B. /A. beat them,” Younousse said. Vakili (IRI) 0-2 (13-21, 11-21) 0:35 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK two third-place finishes in two Earlier in the day, You- DOHA big events – the Katara Beach nousse and Tijan disposed of Durant/Schumann (AUS) lost to Bogatu/ Cup (4-Star) in Doha and the another Iranian team in the Yakovlev (KAZ) 0-2 (20-22, 16-21) 0:37 QATAR’S star players and sec- Vienna Major (5-Star). quarter-finals –Raoufi and Ab- Nicklin/Hartles (NZL) lost to Sidorenko/ ond seeds Cherif Younousse “Today was a very good dolhamed Mirzaali. Only in the Dyachenko (KAZ) 1-2 (12-21, 21-19, 11-15) and Ahmed Tijan continued game for us. It is also a great second set, they encountered 0:44 their impressive run and qual- pleasure for us to come here some difficulty otherwise, it ified for their appointed place again and play in the final. We was a routine triumph for the Raoufi R./A. Mirzaali (IRI) lost to Ahmed/ in the final of the Asian Senior just tried to hang in there and Middle Eastern duo when they Cherif (QAT) 0-2 (14-21, 19-21) 0:36 Beach Volleyball Champion- keep our level high as we can. I came through 21-14, 21-19 in 36 ship in Satun, Thailand on am very happy with the result,” minutes. SEMI-FINALS Thursday. said Younousse. Tijan may be quite keen for Salemi B. /A.Vakili (IRI) beat Bogatu/Yakovlev (KAZ) 2-0 (21-13, 21-15) 0:38 Younousse and Tijan, Their rivals in the final are the grudge final as he and Julio fresh from their Asian Games Iranians Arashi Vikili and Bah- Cesar do Nascimento had been Sidorenko/Dyachenko (KAZ) lost to Ahmed gold medal-final in Palem- man Salemiinjehboroun, who knocked out by Raoufi and Sa- Tijan/Cherif (QAT) 0-2 (15-21, 14-21) 0:31 bang, comfortably put it across won the title last year in the lemiinjehboroun in the 2017 2014 Asian Games and former company of Rahman Raoufi. edition in the semi-finals. Bronze Medal match: Bogatu/Yakovlev (KAZ) Asian champions Alexandr Dy- Younousse and Tijan had beat- Vakili and Salemiinjeh- vs Sidorenko/Dyachenko (KAZ) achenko and Alexey Sidorenko en them in the Asian Games boroun eliminated Kazakhs in straight sets 21-15, 21-14 in quarter-finals in Jakarta. That Sergey Bogatu and Dmitriy Gold Medal match: Salemi B. /A.Vakili (IRI) the semi-finals, taking only 31 time, it was a difficult contest Yakovlev in other semi-finals vs Ahmed Tijan/Cherif (QAT) minutes. as it ended in three sets. It has 21-13, 21-15 in 38 minutes. Ya- Their sixth win in a row un- to be seen if the Qatari can be kovlev won two silver medals in derlines the class the Qatari pair pushed again this time. the championship with differ- The Bronze Medal Match is belong to. They had a splendid “They (Iranians) are a very ent partners – Alexey Kulesh- guaranteed to go to Kazakhstan debut on the FIVB Beach World good team, but we will try not Cherif Younousse lifts the ball as his partner Ahmed Tijan gets ready for a smash during their semi-final nov (2014) and Alexey Kulinich as their both teams are clashing Tour this season and claimed to think about the result. We match in the Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championship in Satun, Thailand on Thursday. 2009). in the third place playoff. Sports Friday, September 28, 2018 15 Germany To Host Euro 2024 Real Madrid, Barcelona fall to humiliating La Liga defeats DPA celona looked to increase their BARCELONA lead, while Marc-Andre ter Ste- gen was rarely troubled at the REAL Madrid blew their other end. chance to go top of La Liga However Leganes turned after Barcelona's 2-1 loss to the game on its head shortly Leganes as they fell to a dev- after the restart with a quick astating 3-0 by Sevilla on double. Wednesday. Jonathan Silva's delicious Andre Silva struck two looping cross was headed home goals in four minutes to send by El Zhar, before Gerard Pique the Andalusians ahead and gave the ball away in front of Wissam Ben Yedder added his own goal for Rodriguez to the third before half-time in strike. a rampant display from the Leganes goalkeeper Cuellar hosts before a thrilled Ramon made a stunning double save Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium. to keep out Coutinho and Ivan Gareth Bale hit the post Rakitic in the 80th minute as and Luka Modric had a goal Ernesto Valverde's side tried to correctly ruled out for offside force their way back in. as Madrid created opportuni- ties but could not find the net. Madrid stay second behind leaders Barcelona on goal dif- ference, while Sevilla move into fourth place. Earlier minnows Leganes Silva brace stunned Barca with two sec- ond half goals in the space of Andre Silva struck two goals in a minute as they inflicted the four minutes to send the Catalans' first defeat of the Andalusians ahead and season. Nabil El Zhar and Os- Wissam Ben Yedder added car Rodriguez struck in the the third before half-time in a German Football Association (DFB) President Reinhard Grindel (second right) and members of the German delegation pose for photographers after the UEFA announced that 52nd and 53rd minutes to rampant display from the Germany will host the UEFA EURO 2024 championship during a ceremony in Nyon on Thursday. (EPA) overturn Philippe Coutinho's hosts before a thrilled Ramon first half opener, and the visit- Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium. ing champions had no reply. "There are no excuses to- day. It wasn't about individu- However Barcelona, who Germany beat Turkey for als, we lose as a team," said drew with Girona on Sunday, Sergio Busquets. could not fight back allowing "We got ahead but then Leganes to take their first win we made it easy for them and of the season and move 17th they took advantage of that, provisionally. It opened the right to host Euro 2024 turning the game around in door for Real Madrid, but Ju- two minutes. "Then we strug- len Lopetegui's side blew their gled to create chances because shot with a dreadful display at a they shut up shop. The worry- ground where they have lost six Germany hosted the World Cup in 2006, but has never staged the Euro as a unified country ing thing is conceding so many times in seven matches. goals. We have to be more solid. Brazilian duo Marcelo and AFP to infrastructure and hotels. nament and Germany was con- tournament "will be an oppor- heavily on football infrastruc- It's a really negative result." Casemiro had a mix-up that let NYON, SWITZERLAND "We will do our utmost to sidered the better financial bet. tunity to show what we stand ture including gleaming new Brazilian playmaker Silva in to open the scoring, and live up to our expectations," But Germany did not just for in Germany: openness to stadiums and pitched itself as Coutinho opened the scoring he added another after weak GERMANY on Thursday won German Football Association pitch itself as a steady hand the world and tolerance, free- "a land bridging continents." with a stunning volley from the goalkeeping from summer the race to host the 2024 Euro- (DFB) president Reinhard that can host a lucrative tour- dom and respect. "Together, Ultimately, it proved to edge of the area after 12 min- signing Thibaut Courtois, who pean Championship as UEFA Grindel said after the win- nament without a hitch -- it we have to make the European be not enough and Erdogan's utes, receiving the ball from Li- spilled a shot. backed a bid seen as safer than ner was announced at UEFA's has also voiced hope that a Championship a tournament increasingly authoritarian onel Messi, taking a touch to put Bale's low effort came back a rival proposal from Turkey. lakeside Swiss headquarters. tournament on its soil could for all Europeans," he added in reputation likely did not help it in the air and then another to off the woodwork and Franco Politics, national unity and Germany hosted the World build societal unity. After the a statement. his cause. dispatch it beyond Ivan Cuellar. Vazquez followed suit at the respect for human rights in Cup in 2006, but has never World Cup debacle, German Germany's head coach Rights groups have decried Messi almost scored himself other end, before Ben Yedder's Turkey emerged as key themes staged the Euro as a unified football was engulfed in an Joachim Loew called the win the unprecedented crackdown with an excellent curling effort 39th minute goal increased in the campaign to host Eu- country: West Germany hosted ugly ordeal by Arsenal star "exceptional." and thousands of arrests that which hit the crossbar as Bar- Sevilla's lead. rope's premier international the competition in 1988. Mesut Ozil's retirement from "You could feel the followed a failed 2016 coup. football event. In the end the Thursday's win also offers international football. tension," he added. "We will UEFA's evaluation report result was not close, with Ger- a boost to German football af- Ozil, born in Germany to do everything now to deliver noted that "the lack of action many winning the vote among ter a disastrous 2018 World Turkish parents, accused the an awesome European cham- plan in the area of human UEFA's executive committee Cup, when the country failed DFB of racism after he was pionship." rights is a matter of concern." members by a margin of 12-4 to qualify for the last 16 -- af- targeted with xenophobic com- The polarising Turkish By extraordinary coinci- with one abstention. ter winning the tournament ments for being photographed president had desperately dence, the Turkish leader ar- UEFA considered that the in 2014. European football's with President Recep Tayyip wanted to deliver a first major rived in Germany on Thursday German bid already had eve- governing body has also said it Erdogan before the World Cup. sporting event to his football- for a three-day state visit, in- rything in place to host a suc- wants to make as much money German foreign minis- mad nation. cluding talks with Chancellor cessful event -- from stadiums as possible from the 2024 tour- ter Heiko Maas said the 2024 His government has spent Angela Merkel. Hazard dumps Liverpool out of League Cup

AFP minutes into the second half three years ago next month, Morata's best chance came LIVERPOOL paid off as Emerson Palmieri will now have to wait until at inside 20 minutes when the levelled from his free-kick 11 least May to deliver his first Spaniard latched onto Cesc CHELSEA assistant manager minutes from time before the trophy since arriving at An- Fabregas's pass over the top. Gianfranco Zola hailed Eden Belgian's wonderful solo effort field as another chance of sil- Simon Mignolet did well to Hazard as one of the world's won the tie. verware slipped by with his divert Morata's initial chipped best after the Belgian's spec- "Not only is he one of the side's first defeat of the season. effort before he dragged the tacular winner sent the Blues best in the Premier League -- "This is good preparation rebound across goal and be- into the last 16 of the League if not the best -- but he is one for Saturday but we have to yond the far post. Sevilla’s forward Andre Silva celebrates after scoring his goal during Cup at Liverpool's expense of the best in Europe and the defend better," said Klopp. Liverpool took longer to the Spanish La Liga match in Seville on Wednesday. (EPA) with a 2-1 victory at Anfield. world," said Zola, himself a "We could have played adjust to the wholesale chang- Both sides made eight Chelsea legend as a player. Eden Hazard of Chelsea calmer football but it's normal es with Fabinho making his changes with one eye on "In my opinion we haven't when you make changes." full debut in midfield, while the top of the table Premier seen the best of him yet. He's for Liverpool shortly after he It was another frustrat- Dejan Lovren made his first League clash between the remarkable." had missed an open goal early ing night for Alvaro Morata, appearance of the season in Murray eyes return to same two sides on Saturday. Daniel Sturridge looked in the second half. though, as the Chelsea striker central defence after playing a But Maurizio Sarri's gam- set to haunt his former em- But Liverpool manager Ju- failed to make the impact full part as Croatia reached the ble on throwing on Hazard 10 ployers by opening the scoring rgen Klopp, who took charge Sturridge did at the other end. World Cup final. glory with tough win

AFP tournament now opens up en- SHENZHEN, CHINA ticingly for Murray as Greek sec- ond seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was THERE were flashes of the also bundled out in the round Woods paired with Reed in Ryder Cup opener glory days for Britain's former of 16 by Frenchman Pierre-Hu- world number one Andy Mur- gues Herbert, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). "This great continent can ray on Thursday as he dumped There were few visible signs Tiger is back in the competitions after be divided at times but here we top seed David Goffin of Ger- Thursday of the hip trouble that not playing in the last two editions stand as one," said the Dane. many out of the ATP Shenzhen has plagued Murray since he United States captain Jim Open 6-3, 6-4 in round-of-16 climbed to the pinnacle of the Furyk spoke of his country's action. game at the end of 2016, only REUTERS Brooks Koepka and Tony Fi- special bond with France. "For The 31-year-old dug deep to see his career stall -- and his PARIS nau. more than 200 years we have when it mattered -- like the ranking plummet to the 311 Rory McIlroy and Dane been friends and allies and this Murray of old -- brushing off where it now languishes. TIGER Woods will partner Thorbjorn Olesen face world week as a token of our special 70 percent of break points Surgery in April was sup- Patrick Reed against Francesco number one Dustin Johnson bond our players will be play- faced and firing down 15 aces posed to arrest the decline but Molinari and Tommy Fleet- and Rickie Fowler, while Eng- ing with bags emblazoned with against a player ranked 11th in Murray's form has been up and wood in the fourth and final lish duo Paul Casey and Tyrrell an image of the Statue of Lib- the world. down since. He is ending his fourballs match when the Ry- Hatton take on Jordan Spieth erty," he said. Goffin still kept the pres- season with this tournament in der Cup gets underway on Fri- and Justin Thomas. "Inside in the ropes we sure on throughout, though, the southern Chinese metropo- day, a grouping sure to be the The pairings were an- compete together, outside we breaking Murray twice to claw lis, before moving on to the number one draw for fans at Le nounced at Thursday's opening stand together, as we always his way back into a thrilling capital Beijing next week. It now Golf National. ceremony in bright, late after- have and always will." second set before the British looks a wise move indeed. Woods, back in the compe- noon sunshine at the course US team members applaud Tiger Woods at the opening ceremony of Two years ago at Hazeltine player's trademark determina- The last time these two play- tition after not playing in the just outside Paris as France the 42nd Ryder Cup in Paris on Thursday. (AFP) the United States swept to a tion prevailed. ers met was back in 2016, when last two editions, is in hot form proudly hosts the event for the 4-0 lead in the opening morn- Three times the 27-year-old Murray was storming towards and it looks a formidable part- first time. of Ceremonies. cheering and chanting from ing's foursomes - where players Goffin threatened to break with the world's number one ranking nership with this year's Mas- With only three French- Europe captain Thomas the thousands of fans who play alternate shots with the the score at 5-4, and three times and was enjoying a season that ters champion Reed. man ever having played in the Bjorn described the role as had been on the course during same ball - and though Europe Murray found a win to fight would end with nine singles ti- The first match of the day event, organisers opted for the proudest moment of his Thursday's final practice and fought back to close the gap, back before sealing the set, and tles, including his second Wim- sees Justin Rose and Spanish former international footballer long golf career, battling to be who gathered together for the the home side eventually ran the match, with an ace. bledon crown and his second rookie Jon Rahm taking on David Ginola to act as Master heard in the face of relentless ceremony. out convincing 17-11 winners. With the top seed gone, the Olympic gold. 16 Friday, September 28, 2018 The Last Word

PM calls for improved programmes for children with special needs

QNA presented to this important programmes for people with DOHA group of the community. special needs, their families The Prime Minister and and teachers; to keep up with PRIME Minister and Min- Minister of Interior also vis- new developments in the field ister of Interior HE Sheikh ited the Roua Assessment of education and training Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- Advice and Support Centre at all levels and to provide lifa al Thani paid a visit to of the Ministry of Educa- the centres concerned with Al Hedaya Kindergarten and tion and Higher Education specialised cadres qualified Primary School for Special to assess the potential of the to provide services in ac- Needs on Thursday to find centre’s work and to see the cordance with the highest out about the educational quality of services provided international standards. and training services offered to students with additional The Prime Minister was to students. educational support. accompanied by Minister of During the visit, the PM During the two visits, Education and Higher Edu- was briefed about the vari- the Prime Minister called cation HE Dr Mohammed bin ous facilities of the school for hard work and continu- Abdul Wahed al Hammadi, and its educational and spe- ous development of educa- and a number of senior offi- cialised training programmes tional, training and guidance cials of the ministry. QA offers kids a chance to take part Qatar slams infringement of in digital drawing contest at MoQ intellectual property rights

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK QNA did not retaliate but worked to Qatar’s appreciation of the role DOHA GENEVA strengthen the rule of law, re- played by WIPO in encourag- spect and commit to protecting ing innovation, supporting QATAR Airways’ friendly QATAR on Wednesday af- rights without discrimination developmental projects, new Oryx Kids Club mascots are firmed its right to resort to the based on nationality. industries and the increase of inspiring young travellers to relevant agencies to respond to Ambassador Mansouri said international trade. get creative in planning their the piracy and infringement of Qatar was going through a peri- He stressed Qatar’s com- next journey, with a visit to an its intellectual property rights od full of challenges that make mitment to joining all conven- exciting digital drawing booth in violation of international the protection of its citizens and tions and international agree- at the Mall of Qatar (MoQ). conventions in reaction to the residents a matter of utmost ments related to intellectual The booth, which opened growth of the two phenomena. importance, adding that offi- property, adding that the coun- on Wednesday (September This came in a statement cials at the organisation were try provided an environment 26), will continue to receive delivered by Permanent Repre- well aware of the measures Qa- that protects those rights for all children until September 29. sentative of Qatar to the United tar is subjected to in violation of citizens of member countries Orry and Orah the oryx Nations and other interna- all international conventions. without discrimination, regard- and their three furry friends tional organisations in Geneva He added that those ac- less of what other countries – Kamil the camel, Faaiz the HE Ambassador Ali Khalfan al tions had a profound impact were doing. falcon and Farah the desert Mansouri during the 58th ses- in terms of the loss of the On implementation of in- fox – will help children dem- sion of the Assemblies of the rights of many Qatari citizens tellectual property rights laws, onstrate their creativity to- Member States of the World and investors, which included Ambassador Mansouri said wards travelling by partici- Intellectual Property Organiza- infringing on their intellectual Qatar has placed a time plan for pating in a digital drawing tion (WIPO). property rights. updating its national legisla- competition from 2pm to The ambassador pointed Qatar’s permanent rep- tions in line with international 9pm on September 28 and to the growing phenomena of resentative said the country conventions and agreement. 29. The fun-filled event aims piracy and infringement of the reserves the right to respond He added that Qatar’s del- to encourage youngsters aged intellectual property rights of to the measures, including egation will work diligently to 7-12 years to develop a sense Qatari institutions, which was resorting to the World Trade ensure the success of this year’s of familiarity when they trav- recognised by the relevant in- Organization’s (WTO) Dispute meetings, particularly the con- el to their favourite destina- The fun-filled event aims to encourage youngsters aged 7-12 years to ternational institutions. Settlement Body. clusion of negotiations on pro- tion with Qatar Airways. The He also noted that Qatar The diplomat expressed tecting broadcasting networks. winners of the drawing com- develop a sense of familiarity when they travel to their favourite destination petition will be awarded with with Qatar Airways. The winners of the drawing competition will be awarded a minimum of two Economy Class return tickets to any with a minimum of two Economy Class return tickets to any Qatar Airways Qatar Airways destination destination on its global route network of more than 150 destinations HBKU Press attends Amman Int’l Book Fair on its global route network of more than 150 destinations. HAMAD Bin Khalifa Univer- Arab publishing houses from ticipate in a number of Arab The airline’s booth at the said, “Qatar Airways is thrilled “This event is also a won- at KidzMondo, the Oryx Kids sity Press (HBKU Press) is 19 countries are participating and international book fairs. Mall of Qatar provides chil- to engage with young travel- derful opportunity for chil- Club characters are designed participating in the Amman in the exhibition. In a press release, Execu- dren with the opportunity lers in Qatar and offer them a dren to interact with our to inspire and excite children International Book Fair that Amman International tive Director of HBKU Press to explore their creative side taste of excitement when trav- exciting new mascots, and when they fly. Children trav- kicked off in the Jordanian Book Fair includes many cul- Bachar Chebaro said the and discover the excitement elling with our family-friendly highlight our interest in en- elling on the award-winning capital Amman on Wednes- tural and artistic events, in- growth of HBKU Press has to of travel with Qatar Airways. airline. We continually strive suring that travel is a fun airline’s short, medium, long day under the theme, ‘Jerusa- cluding intellectual seminars, be matched by a parallel pres- Children can also take home a to engage with young children, and educational experience and ultra long-haul routes are lem: Palestine's Capital’. book signing ceremonies, ar- ence in international markets souvenir photo of themselves who are the leaders of the fu- for young passengers. Orry, now able to enjoy specially HBKU Press is present at Al tistic and musical evenings, and HBKU Press’ participation with their favourite Oryx Kids ture and encourage them to Orah and their three furry designed plush toys, activity Ahlia publishing and distribu- poetry evenings, workshops in these international exhibi- Club mascot, as well as with a follow their dreams and travel friends will help make every packs and special meal boxes tion pavilion at the book fair or- for Arabic calligraphy, and tions demonstrates its pres- certificate of participation. the world, exploring all the flight even more enjoyable featuring their favourite su- ganised in cooperation with the children’s events. ence as a major representative Qatar Airways Chief Com- exciting destinations and lo- for families.” per heroes from the Oryx Kids Jordanian Ministry of Culture. Meanwhile, HBKU Press from the Arab region in the glo- mercial Officer Ehab Amin cations the world has to offer. Launched in March 2018 Club during their flight. More than 300 local and has announced its plan to par- bal publishing market. (QNA)

BATCH FIVE STUDENTS AT TRAINING IN POLICE COLLEGE

Students of the fifth batch during a training on the assets of military pedestrians after a week of joining the Police College ithinw the Foundation period, which will last for 50 days. (TNN)